The glare hypothesis of macular pigment function

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 859-864

  Stringham, James M ^a,b   Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Physiology and biochemistry; Spatial vision and contrast sensitivity; Visual function assessment performance; Visual optics; Visual science

Indexed keywords

DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GLARE EFFECTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTOMETRY; XENON;

HETEROCHROMATIC FLICKER PHOTOMETRY; MACULAR PIGMENT (MP) FUNCTION; NEWTONIAN-VIEW MACULAR DENSITOMETER; PHOTOPIC SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY FUNCTION; PHOTOSTRESS RECOVERY; SPECTRAL ABSORPTION; XENON-WHITE LIGHT;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOMETRY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548684990     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181559c2b     Document Type: Article

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