A practical method for measuring macular pigment optical density

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2481-2489

  Wooten, Billy R ^a   Hammond Jr , Billy R ^b   Land, Richard I ^c   Snodderly, D Max ^c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; TECHNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0032834503     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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