Thus, at this time, we cannot say for certain whether the findings discussed in the article are applicable in smaller communities. Pfingsten Road, Ste. Of the potential risk factors for AMD, only smoking has been demonstrated to be associated with the disease consistently across studies of different design and within different populations. Epidemiology of age-related macular degeneration. The POLA Study.
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