Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 10 , Pages 845-857 , October 2001

2001 assessment of nutritional influences on risk for cataract

  • Allen Taylor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Department of Nutrition, Biochemistry, and Ophthalmology, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Allen Taylor, PhD, Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Department of Nutrition, Biochemistry, and Ophthalmology, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    • ,
  • Marisa Hobbs, BS

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Department of Nutrition, Biochemistry, and Ophthalmology, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

,Accepted 10 June 2001.

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