Antioxidant intake and risk of incident age-related nuclear cataracts in the beaver dam eye study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 801-809

  Lyle, Barbara J ^a,b   Mares Perlman, Julie A ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Greger, Janet L ^a  

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

^b Kraft Foods Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Cataract; Diet; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033135123     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009895     Document Type: Article

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