Diet and age-related macular degeneration: Expanding our view

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 733-734

  Mares, Julie A ^a   Moeller, Suzen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ANTIOXIDANT;

BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FRUIT; GLYCATION; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGING; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FOOD HABITS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 33646680779     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.4.733     Document Type: Editorial

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