Guest editorial: Notes on the macular pigment

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Weale, Robert A ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Blue light" hazard; Age related maculopathy (ARM); Cone pigments; Evolution; Macular pigment; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLUE LIGHT; COLOR VISION; DIET; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EYE PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; VISION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONES (RETINA); HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846092104     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00452.x     Document Type: Review

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