Alcohol consumption and risk of aging macula disorder in a general population: The Rotterdam study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 834-839

  Boekhoorn, Sharmila S ^a   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45149103758     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.6.834     Document Type: Article

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