Correspondence

Retina

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 417-420

  Mainster, Martin A ^a   Turner, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ALERTNESS; BLUE LIGHT; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; ILLUMINATION; INSOMNIA; LENS IMPLANT; LETTER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NIGHT VISION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PUPILLOMETRY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67749109986     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318197ad42     Document Type: Letter

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