Cigarette smoking, fish consumption, omega-3 fatty acid intake, and associations with age-related macular degeneration: The US twin study of age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 995-1001

  Seddon, Johanna M ^a   George, Sarah ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; LINOLEIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

AGED; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DISEASES IN TWINS; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745839872     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.7.995     Document Type: Review

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