Macular pigment: Influences on visual acuity and visibility

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-240

  Wooten, Billy R ^a   Hammond, Billy R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MACULAR PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISIBILITY; VISUAL ACUITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVIEW; VISION;

HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036015955     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(02)00003-4     Document Type: Review

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