Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the United States

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 564-572

  Friedman, David S ^a   O'Colmain, Benita J ^b,c   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Tomany, Sandra C ^d   McCarty, Cathy ^e   DeJong, Paulus T V M ^f,g,h   Nemesure, Barbara ⁱ   Mitchell, Paul ^j,k   Kempen, John ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144354339     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.4.564     Document Type: Article

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