Education, socio-economic status and age-related macular degeneration in Asians: The Singapore Malay eye study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1312-1315

  Cackett, P ^a,b   Tay, W T ^a   Aung, T ^a,b,c   Wang, J J ^d,e   Shankar, A ^c   Saw, S M ^c   Mitchell, P ^d   Wong, T Y ^a,b,c,e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 53749100297     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.136077     Document Type: Article

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