Prevalence of smoking and its associations with ocular parameters in adult Chinese: The Beijing eye study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Ya X ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Wang, Shuang ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; TRACHOMA; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 79952239500     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01787.x     Document Type: Letter

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