Prospective study of dietary fat and risk of cataract extraction among US women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 948-959

  Lu, Minyi ^a   Cho, Eunyoung ^b   Taylor, Allen ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^b,c   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Jacques, Paul F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Dietary fats; Fatty acids, omega 3; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

EYE DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18544368525     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi118     Document Type: Article

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