Quantitation of the singlet oxygen produced by UVA irradiation of human lens proteins

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 522-529

  Linetsky, Mikhail ^a   Ortwerth, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0031104650     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08598.x     Document Type: Article

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