What is the meaning of threshold in laser injury experiments? Implications for human exposure limits

Health Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-347

  Sliney, David H ^a   Mellerio, John ^a   Gabel, Veit Peter ^a   Schulmeister, Karl ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers; Radiation damage; Radiation, nonionizing; Safety standards

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LASER; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036179170     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200203000-00006     Document Type: Article

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