A Case-Control Study of Drug Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1164-1169

  Douglas, Ian J ^a   Cook, Claire ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^b   Hubbard, Richard ^c   Fletcher, Astrid E ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTACIDS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 34249749558     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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