Association between blood lead levels and age-related macular degeneration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Hwang, Ho Sik ^a   Lee, Seung Bum ^b   Jee, Donghyun ^c  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul St Mary's Eye Clinic   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LEAD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; ODDS RATIO; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84941965868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134338     Document Type: Article

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