A study to explore the risk factors for the early onset of cataract in India

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 686-694

  Praveen, M R ^a   Shah, G D ^a   Vasavada, A R ^a   Mehta, P G ^a   Gilbert, C ^b   Bhagat, G ^c  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Allergy and Immunology Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Presenile cataract; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED CATARACT; NUCLEAR CATARACT; POSTERIOR POLAR CATARACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 77951139473     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.137     Document Type: Article

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