A case-control study of cataract in Oxfordshire: some risk factors.
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Three hundred patients with cataract and 609 control subjects with the same age-sex distribution were interviewed in a study of cataract in Oxfordshire, England. The risks associated with severe diarrhoea, glaucoma, and work on a military base have been demonstrated. Population attributable risks were calculated for those and other risk factors.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 72 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988