Spectral attenuation of the mouse, rat, pig and human lenses from wavelengths 360 nm to 1020 nm

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 610-614

  Lei, Bo ^a,b   Yao, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

lens; mouse; near infrared; transmission; ultraviolet; visible

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTRUM; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OPTICS; RATS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SWINE; TRANSILLUMINATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33745128349     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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