American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 932-939.e1 , June 2007

Dietary Macronutrient Intake and Five-Year Incident Cataract: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

  • Bradley S. Townend

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
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  • Marcia E. Townend

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • Victoria Flood

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
    • Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • George Burlutsky

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • Elena Rochtchina

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • Jie Jin Wang

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
    • ,
  • Paul Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Paul Mitchell, Centre for Vision Research, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia

,Accepted 8 March 2007.

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PII: S0002-9394(07)00245-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.03.006

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 143, Issue 6 , Pages 932-939.e1 , June 2007

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