Effect of light perception on menarche in blind women

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Flynn Evans, Erin E ^a,b,c   Stevens, Richard G ^d   Tabandeh, Homayoun ^e   Schernhammer, Eva S ^a   Lockley, Steven W ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e RETINA VITREOUS ASSOCIATES MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Circadian; Light; Menarche; Puberty; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 70350589864     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580902863056     Document Type: Article

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