Age-Related Macular Degeneration Is the Leading Cause of Blindness...

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1900-1901

  Bressler, Neil M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942542429     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.15.1900     Document Type: Note

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