Diet, vegetarianism, and cataract risk
Open Access
- 1 May 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 93 (5), 1128-1135
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.110.004028
Abstract
Background: Age-related cataract is a major cause of morbidity. Previous studies of diet and cataract risk have focused on specific nutrients or healthy eating indexes but not on identifiable dietary groups such as vegetarians.Keywords
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