Macular pigment optical density in a central European population

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-267

  Pipis, Antonios ^a   Touliou, Eftychia ^a   Augustin, Albert J ^a  

^a Augenklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHOPHYLL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACULAR PIGMENT OPTICAL DENSITY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; CHEMISTRY; DENSITOMETRY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; EYE COLOR; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DENSITOMETRY; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LUTEIN; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84878118184     PISSN: 23258160     EISSN: 23258179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/23258160-20130503-09     Document Type: Article

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