Age-related Macular Degeneration and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1913-1919

  Sun, Cong ^a   Klein, Ronald ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349452114     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.03.046     Document Type: Article

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