Solar radiation and age-related macular degeneration

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 252-269

  Young, Richard W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; antioxidants; phototoxicity; retina; solar radiation; sunglasses

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; OXYGEN RADICAL;

HUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

AGING; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; SUNLIGHT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023863371     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-6257(88)90174-9     Document Type: Article

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