Copper, lead, cadmium and calcium in cataractous lenses

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Cekic, Osman ^a,b  

^a SSK Ankara Eye Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Basak Sokak No 54/7   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Calcium; Cataract; Copper; Lead

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS NUCLEUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CATARACT; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0031973762     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055454     Document Type: Article

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