Antioxidant intake and primary open-angle glaucoma: A prospective study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-346

  Kang, Jae H ^a,f   Pasquale, Louis R ^b   Willett, Walter ^a,c   Rosner, Bernard ^a,c   Egan, Kathleen M ^d   Faberowski, Nicholaus ^e   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Glaucoma; Open angle; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA-CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; AGED; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0042284621     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg167     Document Type: Article

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