Ultraviolet radiation revisited

CLAO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 196-204

  Bergmanson, Jan P G ^a   Sheldon, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CONTACT LENS; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; OZONE LAYER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SPECTACLES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION INJURIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030793608     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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