Frequency and nature of spontaneous age-related eye lesions observed in a 2-year inhalation toxicity study in rats

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 281-287

  Wegener, Alfred ^a   Kaegler, M ^b   Stinn, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INBIFO Inst fur Biol Forsch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cataract; Chronic exposure; Diesel engine exhaust; Glaucoma; Inhalation toxicity; Ophthalmoscopy; Rat eye; Room aged cigarette sidestream smoke; Slitlamp microscopy; Spontaneous eye lesions

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIESEL ENGINE; DOCUMENTATION; EXHAUST GAS; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AGING; ANIMALS; CATARACT; CORNEAL STROMA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0036972166     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065599     Document Type: Article

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