Ozone depletion and solar ultraviolet radiation: Ocular effects, a United Nations Environment Programme perspective

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 185-190

  Cullen, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eye protection; Ophthalmohelioses; Ozone depletion; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CYTOKINE; GLASS; HALOGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN; OZONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SNOW; WATER;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLUE LIGHT; CATALYSIS; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHOROID TUMOR; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA TUMOR; DEGENERATION; DUST; EYE; EYE PROTECTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; IRIS TUMOR; KERATITIS; LATITUDE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MELANOMA; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTON; PLANT; POLARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTACLES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEM CELL; STRATOSPHERE; SUN EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TROPOSPHERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED NATIONS; UVEA MELANOMA; VEGETATION; VIBRATION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; OZONE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79959963288     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318223392e     Document Type: Review

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