Macular pigment density is reduced in obese subjects

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-50

  Hammond B R , Jr ^a   Ciulla, T A ^a   Snodderly, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BETA CAROTENE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; OBESITY; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0036137541     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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