Bilberry extract supplementation for preventing eye fatigue in video display terminal workers

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 548-554

  Ozawa, Y ^a   Kawashima, M ^a   Inoue, S ^a   Inagaki, E ^a   Suzuki, A ^a   Ooe, E ^b   Kobayashi, S ^b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEC GIHAN Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

anthocyanins; bilberry extract; Eye fatigue; video display terminal

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASTHENOPIA; BILBERRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONJUNCTIVA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939996175     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0573-6     Document Type: Article

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