Dietary antioxidants and age-related maculopathy: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 761-767

  Smith, Wayne ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Webb, Karen ^b   Leeder, Stephen R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY;

EID: 0033499069     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90164-1     Document Type: Article

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