Sex differences in macular pigment optical density: Relation to plasma carotenoid concentrations and dietary patterns

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2001-2012

  Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a,e   Curran Celentano, Joanne ^b   Judd, Stephen ^b   Fuld, Kenneth ^b   Krinsky, Norman I ^c   Wooten, Billy R ^d   Max Snodderly, D ^a,e  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chromatography; Macular degeneration; Macular pigment; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; IRON; PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029955177     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00290-1     Document Type: Article

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