Australian prospective study of cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration: Rationale and methodology

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 408-414

  Cugati, Sudha ^a   De Loryn, Tania ^a   Pham, Thuan ^a   Arnold, Jennifer ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Marsden Eye Specialists   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMD; Blindness; Cataract Surgery

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; LENS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MYDRIASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 37649012016     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701316124     Document Type: Article

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