Transmission spectra of light to the mammalian retina

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-229

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

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

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RABBIT; RETINA; SCLERA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITRECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CATTLE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAMMALS; NADP; RABBITS; RATS; RETINA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034143199     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0225:TSOLTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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