Antioxidant nutrient intake and the long-term incidence of age-related cataract: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1899-1905

  Tan, Ava Grace ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Flood, Victoria M ^a   Burlutsky, George ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^b   Jie, Jin Wang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

EID: 45749086416     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.6.1899     Document Type: Article

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