Chronic exposure to the ultraviolet radiation levels from arc welding does not result in obvious damage to the human corneal endothelium

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 857-864

  Oblak, Emil ^a   Doughty, Michael J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WELDING; CAUCASIAN; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE PROTECTION; EYE SURGERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WELDING;

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EID: 0038813975     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b205044g     Document Type: Article

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