The relationship between birthweight and early age-related maculopathy: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-61

  Liew, Gerald ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Klein, Ronald ^c   Duncan, Bruce B ^d   Brancati, Frederick ^e   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^e   Wong, Tien Y ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; ARIC study; Birthweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749132216     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701613769     Document Type: Article

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