Relationship between reproductive exposures and age-related cataract in women

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 23-28

  Noran, Naqiah Hairi ^a   Salleh, N ^b   Zahari, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Case control study; Reproductive exposures

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; MENSTRUATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 35349016333     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395070190020501     Document Type: Article

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