Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Malay Population. The Singapore Malay Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1735-1741

  Kawasaki, Ryo ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^c,d,e   Tan, Donald T H ^c,d,e   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Sandar, Mya ^c   Saw, Seang Mei ^c,e   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 52949140819     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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