Handbook of nutrition and ophthalmology
By: by Richard D. Semba.
Series: Nutrition and health; Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Totowa, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781588291967
Subjects: Geriatric ophthalmology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Vision disorders in old age -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Eye -- Aging -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Eye -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Diet in disease -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Eye Diseases; Nutrition; Eye Diseases -- prevention & control; Nutrition Disorders -- complications
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nutrition blindness: vitamin A deficiency disorders; title: Cataract; title: Age-related macular degeneration; title: The obesity epidemic: implications for eye health; title: Nutrition and diabetic retinopathy; title: Retinal vascular disease; title: Nutritional amblyopia and vitamin B complex deficiencies; title: Zinc and eye health; title: Vitamin C and eye health; title: The age-related proinflammatory state and eye disease; title: Essential fatty acids and visual development in infants; title: Inborn errors of metabolism.