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Macular Degeneration and the Effects of Light

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The Effects of Aging and Environment on Vision

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Scholars have argued for years whether aging is inevitable. Do our tissues wear out by some biological timetable or is aging conditioned by environmental influences and chemical reactions that might be interrupted if we only knew how?

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  1. Division of Ophthalmology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, 94305, USA

    Michael F. Marmor

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  1. Department of Medical Technology and Program in Nuclear Medicine Technology, School of Health Related Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, UB Clinical Center, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA

    Donald Armstrong Ph.D., Dr.Sc. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA

    Michael F. Marmor M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Department of Biology, Fisons Pharmaceutical Corporation, Divisional Research and Development, Rochester, New York, USA

    J. Mark Ordy Ph.D. (Senior Principal Investigator) (Senior Principal Investigator)

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Marmor, M.F. (1991). Macular Degeneration and the Effects of Light. In: Armstrong, D., Marmor, M.F., Ordy, J.M. (eds) The Effects of Aging and Environment on Vision. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3758-8_14

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