Level of education associated with ophthalmic diseases. the Beijing Eye Study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Xu, Liang ^a,c   Wang, Ya Xing ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Arterial hypertension; Beijing eye study; Diabetes mellitus; Education; Glaucoma; Income; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 72449129006     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1204-5     Document Type: Article

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