Ultraviolet radiation as a risk factor for cataract and macular degeneration

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 246-249

  Roberts, Joan E ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A2E; Blue light hazard; Cataract; Contact lens; Lipofuscin; Macular degeneration; Singlet Oxygen; Superoxide; Ultraviolet radiation; Xantherenic acid

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY KYNURENINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BETA CAROTENE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; INTERLEUKIN 1; MELANIN; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; XANTHOPHYLL; XANTHURENIC ACID; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AYURVEDA; BLUE LIGHT; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CANCER RISK; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL INVASION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; LENS; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MACROPHAGE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; T LYMPHOCYTE; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CATARACT; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RISK FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79959951116     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31821cbcc9     Document Type: Review

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