Amblyopia prevalence and cigarette smoking by women

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 592-595

  Lempert, Philip ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Park View Health Care Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Cigarettes; Optic nerve hypoplasia; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 29144528146     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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