Mortality and Ocular Diseases. The Beijing Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 732-738

  Xu, Liang ^a   Wang, Ya Xing ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Jonas, Jost J ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDUCATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 63149121105     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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