Age and hormonal status as determinants of cataractogenesis induced by ionizing radiation. I. Densely ionizing (high-LET) radiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Dynlacht, Joseph R ^a   Valluri, Shailaja ^a   Garrett, Joy ^a   Mendonca, Marc S ^a   Lopez, Jennifer T ^a   Caperell Grant, Andrea ^a   Bigsby, Robert M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; IRON;

AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; COSMONAUT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG IMPLANT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EYE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; LENS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPACE FLIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATARACT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78650623121     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2319.1     Document Type: Article

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