Smoking and its association with cataract: Results of the Andhra Pradesh eye disease study from India

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-65

  Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni ^a   Vilas, Kovai ^a   Shamanna, Bindiganavale R ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a   Balasubramanian, Dorairajan ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 11144286385     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0089     Document Type: Article

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