Prevalence and risk factors of lens opacities in the elderly in Cuenca, Spain

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-37

  Navarro Esteban, J J ^a   Gutierrez Leiva J A ^b   Valero Caracena, N ^c   Buendia Bermejo J ^c   Calle Puron M E ^d   Martinez Vizcaino V J ^e  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA LUZ   (Spain)

^b Honrubia Health Centre   (Spain)

^c Cuenca III Health Centre   (Spain)

^d SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cataract; Educational status; Pseudophakia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34047263418     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210701700105     Document Type: Article

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