An epidemiological perspective of ultraviolet exposure-public health concerns

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 168-175

  Lucas, Robyn M ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease burden; Sun exposure policy; Ultraviolet radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; LENS PROTEIN; MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AVERSION; BLUE LIGHT; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHEMOSIS; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CLOUD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA; CORNEA TUMOR; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DENSITY; DYSKERATOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; EYE; EYE DISEASE; EYELID; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFRARED RADIATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRRADIATION; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LATITUDE; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIFESPAN; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTON; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; REPRODUCTION; RETINA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RICKETS; SEASON; SENESCENCE; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SLEEP PATTERN; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STRATOSPHERE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBATHING; TEAR FILM; TIME; TISSUE; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET INDUCED EYE DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; UVEA MELANOMA; UVEITIS; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VITREOUS BODY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79959982264     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31821cb0cf     Document Type: Review

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