Long-term effects of smoking on retinal microvascular caliber

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1288-1297

  Kifley, Annette ^a   Liew, Gerald ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Kaushik, Shweta ^a   Smith, Wayne ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^c,d   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arterioles; Microcirculation; Retina; Retinal vessels; Risk factors; Smoking; Venules

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 36248995214     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm255     Document Type: Article

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