Dietary and lifestyle patterns in the aetiology of cataracts in Nigerian patients

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Ojofeitimi, E O ^a   Adelekan, D A ^a   Adeoye, A ^a   Ogungbe, T G ^a   Imoru, A O ^a   Oduah, E C ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0032616608     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010609901300202     Document Type: Article

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