Is aspirin intake associated with early age-related macular degeneration? The Singapore Indian Eye Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 785-788

  Cheung, Ning ^a,b,c   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Cheung, Gemmy C M ^d   Wang, Jie Jin ^e   Mitchell, Paul ^e   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGAPORE; SINGAPORE INDIAN; SMOKING;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MACULA; RETINA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPIRIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84878016321     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302253     Document Type: Article

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