Neighbourhood deprivation and risk of age-related eye diseases
1 December 2015
| Jonathan CP Roos
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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age-related eye diseases, neighborhood deprivation, multilevel analysis, epidemiology, preventive medicine
In this large epidemiological study, the authors sought to determine if neighbourhood wealth affects age-related ocular health. In particular they wished to see if there was a correlation between social deprivation and macular degeneration, cataract, diabetes-related eye complications, and glaucoma....