Associations between antioxidant and zinc intake and the 5-year incidence of early age-related maculopathy in the beaver dam eye study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 204-214

  VandenLangenberg, Gina M ^a,b   Mares Perlman, Julie A ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Brady, William E ^a,c   Palta, Mari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related; Antioxidants; Diet; Maculopathy; Retina; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; RETINOL; VISUAL PIGMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUSEN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032527738     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009625     Document Type: Article

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