Major changes in human ocular UV protection with age

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 200-205

  Bova, L M ^a   Sweeney, M H J ^a   Jamie, J E ^a   Truscott, R J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNUNERINE GLUCOSIDE; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; GLUCOSIDE; KYNURENINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DEAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLUCOSIDES; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; KYNURENINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLBUTYRATES; RADIATION INJURIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035161685     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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