Macular Degeneration: Case-Report of a Peculiar Sunlight Exposure in an Agricultural Worker
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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: Austin Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2381-9014
DOI: 10.26420/austinjpublichealthepidemiol.2017.1055