Cataracts among Chernobyl clean-up workers: Implications regarding permissible eye exposures

Radiation Research

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-243

  Worgul, B V ^a   Kundiyev, Y I ^b   Sergiyenko, N M ^c   Chumak, V V ^d   Vitte, P M ^c   Medvedovsky, C ^a   Bakhanova, E V ^d   Junk, A K ^e   Kyrychenko, O Y ^c   Musijachenko, N V ^d   Shylo, S A ^d   Vitte, O P ^c   Xu, S ^a   Xue, X ^f   Shore, R E ^g,h  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Institute for Occupational Health   (Ukraine)

^c SHUPYK NATIONAL MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Ukraine)

^d Scientific Center of Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CATARACT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK;

EID: 33846837511     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0298.1     Document Type: Article

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