Asteroid hyalosis in an older population: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 331-335

  Mitchell, Paul ^a   Wang, Maria Y ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asteroid hyalosis; Blue Mountains Eye Study; Cross sectional study; Disease prevalence; Elderly population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTEROID HYALITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOUT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITREOUS DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0345377743     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.10.5.331.17324     Document Type: Article

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