Vitamins e and C and medical record-confirmed age-related macular degeneration in a randomized trial of male physicians

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1642-1649

  Christen, William G ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^a   Sesso, Howard D ^a,d   Kurth, Tobias ^a,d,e   MacFadyen, Jean ^a   Bubes, Vadim ^a   Buring, Julie E ^a,c,d   Manson, Joann E ^a,d   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 84864488517     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.01.053     Document Type: Article

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