A case-control study on risk factors for nuclear, cortical and posterior subcapsular cataract: The Casteldaccia eye study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-573

  Giuffrè, Giuseppe ^a,c   Dardanoni, Gabriella ^b   Lodato, Gaetano ^a  

^a Section of Ophthalmology   (Italy)

^b Epidemiologic Observatory of Sicily   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cataract; Epidemiology; Iris atrophy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS ATROPHY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RISK FACTORS; SICILY;

EID: 27144521716     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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