A case control study of age related macular degeneration and use of statins

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1171-1175

  Smeeth, L ^a   Cook, C ^a   Chakravarthy, U ^b   Hubbard, R ^c   Fletcher, A E ^a  

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

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CERIVASTATIN; ESTROGEN; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUINDOSTATIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMVASTATIN; SMOKING;

EID: 24044526224     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.064477     Document Type: Article

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