Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Cataract Extraction. A Prospective Cohort Study of Women

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 680-685

  Ejdervik Lindblad, Birgitta ^a,b   Håkansson, Niclas ^a   Philipson, Bo ^c   Wolk, Alicja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Sophiahemmet Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SURGICAL RISK; WINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947579817     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.07.046     Document Type: Article

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