Dietary supplements reduce the cataractogenic potential of proton and HZE-particle radiation in mice

Radiation Research

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Davis, James G ^a   Wan, X Steven ^a   Ware, Jeffrey H ^a   Kennedy, Ann R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE; ASCORBIC ACID; BOWMAN BIRK INHIBITOR; SELENOMETHIONINE; THIOCTIC ACID; UBIDECARENONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOYBEAN;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; MUS;

EID: 77749246296     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1398.1     Document Type: Article

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