The spatial distribution of macular pigment in humans

Current Eye Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 422-434

  Chen, Sheng Fu ^a   Chang, Yin ^a   Wu, Jia Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Imaging fundus reflectometry; Macular pigment; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLEACHING; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0036273514     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.23.6.422.6963     Document Type: Article

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