Radiation cataractogenesis: A review of recent studies

Radiation Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Ainsbury, E A ^a   Bouffler, S D ^a   Dorr W ^b   Graw, J ^c   Muirhead, C R ^a   Edwards, A A ^a   Cooper, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; AGE; ANIMAL; ATOMIC BOMB; AVIATION; CATARACT; LENS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AVIATION; CATARACT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67949089714     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1688.1     Document Type: Review

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