The role of calcium in UVB-induced damage in irradiated ocular lenses

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-160

  Hightower, Kenneth ^a   McCready, Janet ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031057748     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01892.x     Document Type: Article

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