Physical activity and the 15-year cumulative incidence of age-related macular degeneration: The Beaver Dam Eye Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1461-1463

  Knudtson, M D ^a   Klein, R ^a   Klein, B E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; WALKING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33845262490     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.103796     Document Type: Article

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