Vitamin supplement use and incident cataracts in a population-based study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1556-1563

  Mares Perlman, Julie A ^a,b   Lyle, Barbara J ^c   Klein, Ronald ^b   Fisher, Alicia I ^b   Brady, William E ^d   VandenLangenberg, Gina M ^e   Trabulsi, Jillian N ^b   Palta, Mari ^a  

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

^b Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Kraft Foods Inc   (United States)

^d FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0033777855     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.11.1556     Document Type: Article

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