Antioxidants and age-related eye disease current and future perspectives

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-66

  Christen, William G ^a,d   Glynn, Robert J ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cataract; Macular degeneration; Micronutrients; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DIETARY INTAKE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATARACT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030063806     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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