Preservation of visual sensitivity of older subjects: Association with macular pigment density

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-406

  Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a   Wooten, Billy R ^b   Snodderly, D Max ^c,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VISION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 2642666487     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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