Ultraviolet radiation and cataract

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 642-644

  Midelfart, Anna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATARACT; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 29244477835     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00595.x     Document Type: Editorial

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