Relation between size at birth and risk of age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3641-3645

  Hall, Nigel F ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a   Syddall, Holly ^a   Martyn, Christopher N ^a   Phillips, David I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036902335     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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