CFF thresholds: Relation to macular pigment optical density

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a   Wooten, Billy R ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFF; Lutein and zeaxanthin; Macular pigment

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VISION; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION;

EID: 24944518543     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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