Macular pigment optical density in young Chinese adults

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 586-593

  Tang, Churk Yan ^a   Yip, Hoi Shan ^a   Poon, Ming Yeung ^a   Yau, Wai Lam ^a   Yap, Maurice K H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Heterochromatic photometry; Macular pigment; Optical density

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHINESE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ORIENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 16644385460     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2004.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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