28 000 Cases of age related macular degeneration causing visual loss in people aged 75 years and above in the United Kingdom may be attributable to smoking

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 550-553

  Evans, Jennifer R ^a   Fletcher, A E ^a   Wormald, R P L ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 17644406331     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.049726     Document Type: Article

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