Changes in visual function following peroral astaxanthin

Japanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1051-1054

  Nakamura, Akira ^a   Isobe, Ryoko ^a   Otaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Abematsu, Yasuko ^a   Nakata, Daisuke ^a   Honma, Chika ^a   Sakurai, Shizuka ^a   Shimada, Yoshiaki ^a   Horiguchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; EYE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL REFLEX; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION;

EID: 3142552466     PISSN: 03705579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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