Antioxidant vitamins, minerals and cataract: Current opinion

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 517-522

  Ugboaja, Onyinye C ^a,b   Bielory, Leonard ^c   Bielory, Brett P ^a   Ehiorobo, Egbe S ^b  

^a Atlantic Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Environmental Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; cataract; minerals; prevention; vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; MINERAL;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS NUCLEUS; NUTRITION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION CATARACT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENILE CATARACT; SLIT LAMP; TRAUMATIC CATARACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 84865964494     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328357cea1     Document Type: Review

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