Nutritional supplementation, cataracts and age-related macular degeneration

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 219-230

  Johnson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cataracts; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BODY MASS; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LENS EPITHELIUM; LUNG CANCER; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 32044456006     PISSN: 15407535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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