The epidemiology of cataract: A study in Greece

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Theodoropoulou, Sofia ^a   Theodossiadis, Panagiotis ^b   Samoli, Evangelia ^a   Vergados, Ioannis ^b   Lagiou, Pagona ^a   Tzonou, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case control; Cataract; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEASHORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECTACLES; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; WORK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952231546     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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