The relationship between serum trace element changes and visual function in heavy smokers

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-164

  Uz, Efkan ^a   Sahin, Semsettin ^b   Hepsen, Ibrahim F ^c   Var, Ahmet ^d   Sogut, Sadik ^c   Akyol, Ömer ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Diyarbakir Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Copper; Manganese; Smoking; Visual function; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MANGANESE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; ZINC;

EID: 0038296149     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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