Corneal epithelial injury thresholds for exposures to 1.54 μM radiation-dependence on beam diameter

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 615-624

  McCally, Russell L ^a,b   Bonney Ray, Jennifer ^a   Bargeron, C Brent ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health effects; Lasers; Nonionizing; Radiation; Radiation damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; FEMALE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RABBIT; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION INJURY; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE INJURY; ANIMAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; MALE; RABBITS; RADIATION INJURIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 14844322122     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000137181.53428.04     Document Type: Article

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