Macular pigments: Their characteristics and putative role

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-559

  Davies, Nigel P ^a   Morland, Antony B ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBINISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHOROIDEREMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE COLOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; LENS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OBESITY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THEORY; VISION;

ABSORPTION; DIET; HUMANS; LIGHT; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISION;

EID: 4043062901     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2004.05.004     Document Type: Review

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