Age-related changes in the absorption characteristics of the primate lens

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1454-1459

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

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYSTALLINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KYNURENINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; MACACA MULATTA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034055604     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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