Associated factors for age-related maculopathy in the adult population in southern India: The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1146-1150

  Krishnaiah, S ^a,b   Das, T P ^a   Kovai, V ^a   Rao, G N ^a,b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70249129410     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.159723     Document Type: Article

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