Dietary fat intake and early age-related lens opacities

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 773-779

  Lu, Minyi ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a   Chylack Jr , Leo T ^c   Rogers, Gail ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^b,c   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Jacques, Paul F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Cross sectional studies; Diet; Fatty acids; Lens opacity; Linoleic acid; Linolenic acid; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Women

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LENS NUCLEUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BOSTON; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 17844395958     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.4.773     Document Type: Article

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