Inverse association of vitamin C with cataract in older people in India

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1958-1965.e2

  Ravindran, Ravilla D ^a   Vashist, Praveen ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev K ^b   Young, Ian S ^c   Maraini, Giovanni ^d   Camparini, Monica ^d   Jayanthi, R ^a   John, Neena ^b   Fitzpatrick, Kathryn E ^e   Chakravarthy, Usha ^c   Ravilla, Thulasiraj D ^f   Fletcher, Astrid E ^e  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

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

^f Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATARACT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ASSAY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR CATARACT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORK;

EID: 80053584650     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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