Childbearing and risk of cataract in young women: An epidemiological study in central India

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 548-550

  Minassian, D C ^a   Mehra, V ^b   Reidy, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Chattisgarh Eye Hospitals   (India)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENILE CATARACT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036242758     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.5.548     Document Type: Article

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