Rates of nonexudative and exudative age-related macular degeneration among asian american ethnic groups

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 6842-6848

  Stein, Joshua D ^a   VanderBeek, Brian L ^a   Talwar, Nidhi ^a   Nan, Bin ^b   Musch, David C ^a,b   Zacks, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNIC GROUP; EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 80055075475     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7179     Document Type: Article

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