Lens UVA photobiology

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-165

  Zigman, Seymour ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; DEFEROXAMINE; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN RADICAL;

CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS EPITHELIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOOXIDATION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0034098473     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2000.16.161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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