Mixed lens opacities and subsequent mortality

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-397

  West, Sheila K ^a   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Istre, Jennifer ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^a   Friedman, Susan M ^a   Fried, Linda P ^b   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^c   Schein, Oliver D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0342980301     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.3.393     Document Type: Article

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