Sunlight exposure, antioxidants, and age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1396-1403

  Fletcher, Astrid E ^a   Bentham, Graham C ^b   Agnew, Maureen ^b   Young, Ian S ^c   Augood, Cristina ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^c   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^d,e   Rahu, Mati ^f   Seland, Johan ^g   Soubrane, Gisele ^h   Tomazzoli, Laura ⁱ   Topouzis, Fotis ^j   Vingerling, Johannes R ^e   Vioque, Jesus ^k,l  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^j ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^k MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^l CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN E; XANTHOPHYLLS; ZINC;

EID: 54049125065     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1396     Document Type: Article

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