Modeling Smoking History: A Comparison of Different Approaches in the MARS Study on Age-Related Maculopathy

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 615-621

  Neuner, Bruno ^a   Wellmann, Juergen ^a   Dasch, Burkhard ^a   Behrens, Thomas ^a   Claes, Birte ^a   Dietzel, Martha ^a   Pauleikhoff, Daniel ^a   Hense, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age Related Macular Degeneration; Age Related Maculopathy; Smoking; Smoking History; Time Since Smoking Cessation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447618786     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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