Five heavy metallic elements and age-related macular degeneration: Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2008-2011

Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-137

  Park, Sang Jun ^a   Lee, Ju Hyun ^a   Woo, Se Joon ^a   Kang, Se Woong ^b   Park, Kyu Hyung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CADMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; KOREA NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANGANESE BLOOD LEVEL; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREAN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INTOXICATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NUTRITION; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POISONING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 84920714021     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.07.039     Document Type: Article

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