Solar exposure and residential geographic history in relation to exfoliation syndrome in the United States and Israel

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1439-1445

  Pasquale, Louis R ^a   Jiwani, Aliya Z ^a   Zehavi Dorin, Tzukit ^b   Majd, Arow ^b   Rhee, Douglas J ^a,c   Chen, Teresa ^a   Turalba, Angela ^a   Shen, Lucy ^a   Brauner, Stacey ^a   Grosskreutz, Cynthia ^a,d   Gardiner, Matthew ^a   Chen, Sherleen ^a   Borboli Gerogiannis, Sheila ^a   Greenstein, Scott H ^a   Chang, Kenneth ^a   Ritch, Robert ^e   Loomis, Stephanie ^a   Kang, Jae H ^a   Wiggs, Janey L ^a   Levkovitch Verbin, Hani ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SOLAR EXPOSURE; SUMMER; SUNGLASSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; LEISURE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918538447     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: 21686173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.3326     Document Type: Article

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