Sunlight Exposure, Antioxidants, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Sunlight exposure, antioxidants, and age-related macular degeneration.
OBJECTIVE To examine the association of sunlight exposure and antioxidant level with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS Four thousand seven hundred fifty-three participants aged 65 years or older in the European Eye Study underwent fundus photography, were interviewed for adult lifetime sunlight exposure, and gave blood for antioxidant analysis. Blue light exposure was estimated ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1396