Macular pigment optical density in a Chinese sample

Current Eye Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 729-735

  Lam, Robert F ^a   Rao, Srinivas K ^a   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a   Lau, Fion T C ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Chinese; Densitometer; Macular pigment

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 26444504893     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680590968439     Document Type: Article

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