Effects of mobile phones on oxidant/antioxidant balance in cornea and lens of rats

Current Eye Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Balci, Mehmet ^a,c   Devrim, Erdinc ^b   Durak, Ilker ^b  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cornea; Lens; Mobile phone radiation; Oxidative stress; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LENS; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TELEPHONE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CELLULAR PHONE; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 33847082075     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680601114948     Document Type: Article

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