Macular pigment and visual performance in glare: Benefits for photostress recovery, disability glare, and visual discomfort

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 7406-7415

  Stringham, James M ^a   Garcia, Paul V ^a   Smith, Peter A ^a   McLin, Leon N ^b   Foutch, Brian K ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; IRIS; LIGHT STRESS; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER;

VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; PUPIL; RETINAL PIGMENTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; XANTHOPHYLLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862832885     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6699     Document Type: Article

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