Nine-year incidence of lens opacities in the Barbados Eye Studies

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-490

  Leske, M Cristina ^a,d   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Nemesure, Barbara ^a   Yang, Ling ^a   Hennis, Anselm ^a,b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Barbados   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BARBADOS; CATARACT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1442348759     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.06.016     Document Type: Article

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