Iris color and macular pigment optical density

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-298

  Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a,b   Fuld, Kenneth ^b   Snodderly, D Max ^a,b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Carotinoids; Iris; Macular pigment; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030009304     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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