Risk factors for idiopathic congenital/infantile cataract

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3067-3073

  Haargaard, Birgitte ^a,d   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Rosenberg, Thomas ^b   Fledelius, Hans Callø ^c   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH ORDER; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CATARACT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27244438609     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0979     Document Type: Article

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