Association between blood cadmium level and age-related macular degeneration in a representative Korean population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5702-5710

  Kim, Eun Chul ^a   Cho, Eunyoung ^b,c   Jee, Donghyun ^d  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cadmium; Korea; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CADMIUM; KOREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84908085254     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14774     Document Type: Article

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