Prevalence and risk factors of retinal vein occlusion in an Asian population

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1316-1319

  Lim, L L ^a   Cheung, N ^a   Wang, J J ^a,b   Islam, F M A ^a   Mitchell, P ^b   Saw, S M ^c,d   Aung, T ^c,d   Wong, T Y ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 53649097848     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.140640     Document Type: Article

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