Moderate alcoholic beverage intake and early nuclear and cortical lens opacities

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-65

  Morris, Martha Savaria ^a   Jacques, Paul F ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^a   Chylack Jr , Leo T ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cataract etiology; Cortical opacity; Lens opacification; Nuclear opacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; CATARACT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WINE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BOSTON; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642358321     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.11.1.53.26439     Document Type: Article

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