Macular pigment optical density in a southwestern sample

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1492-1497

  Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a   Caruso Avery, Mary ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0034098106     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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