The prevalence and risk factors of epiretinal membranes: The Melbourne collaborative cohort study

Retina

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1026-1034

  Aung, Khin Z ^a   Makeyeva, Galina ^a   Adams, Madeleine K ^a   Chong, Elaine W T ^a   Busija, Lucy ^a   Giles, Graham G ^b   English, Dallas R ^b   Hopper, John ^c   Baird, Paul N ^a   Guymer, Robyn H ^a   Robman, Liubov D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLOPHANE; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; ETHNICITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA FOLD; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84876997775     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182733f25     Document Type: Article

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