Macular pigment optical density in a south Indian population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 7910-7916

  Raman, Rajiv ^a   Rajan, Rajni ^b   Biswas, Sayantan ^b   Vaitheeswaran, Kulothungan ^c   Sharma, Tarun ^a  

^a SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

^b Elite School of Optometry   (India)

^c Department of Preventive Ophthalmology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; TRAINING; VISUAL FIELD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAM; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA; SEX RATIO; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAMS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; XANTHOPHYLLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555189066     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7636     Document Type: Article

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