Age-related changes in the transmission properties of the human lens and their relevance to circadian entrainment

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 308-312

  Kessel, Line ^a   Lundeman, Jesper Holm ^a   Herbst, Kristina ^a   Andersen, Thomas Vestergaard ^a   Larsen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; LENS; LENS IMPLANT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RED LIGHT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WHITE LIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; ROD OPSINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449101241     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.08.035     Document Type: Article

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