The optical properties of the anterior segment of the eye: Implications for cortical cataract

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 785-795

  Dillon, James ^a   Zheng, Lei ^a   Merriam, John C ^a   Gaillard, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Absorption; Animal models; Cataract; Light damage; UV A; UV B; Yellow proteins

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0033031962     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0687     Document Type: Article

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