Fruit and vegetable intake and vitamins C and e are associated with a reduced prevalence of cataract in a Spanish Mediterranean population

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pastor Valero, Maria ^a,b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant vitamins; Cataract; Fruit intake; Vegetables intake; WHO recommendations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84885065062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-13-52     Document Type: Article

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