Model of risk of cortical cataract in the US population with exposure to increased ultraviolet radiation due to stratospheric ozone depletion

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1080-1088

  West, Sheila K ^a   Longstreth, Janice D ^b   Munoz, Beatriz E ^a   Pitcher, Hugh M ^c   Duncan, Donald D ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Global Risk Research   (United States)

^c Joint Global Change Research Institute   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Ozone; Radiation; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

HEALTH RISK; OZONE DEPLETION; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRATOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATMOSPHERE; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OZONE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28544444023     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi329     Document Type: Article

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