Age-related macular degeneration and mortality: The Beijing Eye Study

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 222, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 378-379

  Xu, Liang ^a,c   Li, Yi Bin ^a   Wang, Ya Xing ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related maculopathy; Beijing Eye Study; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49549115517     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151468     Document Type: Article

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