Dietary Macronutrient Intake and Five-Year Incident Cataract: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Townend, Bradley S ^a   Townend, Marcia E ^a   Flood, Victoria ^a,b   Burlutsky, George ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34248574826     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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