Influence of tobacco use on cataract development

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1374-1377

  Raju, P ^b   George, R ^a,b   Ve Ramesh, S ^b   Arvind, H ^b   Baskaran, M ^b   Vijaya, L ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CATARACT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 33750690502     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.097295     Document Type: Article

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