Radiation cataract

Annals of the ICRP

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 80-97

  Kleiman, N J ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Eye lens; Genotoxicity; Lens dose limit; Ocular radiation exposure; Radiation cataract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BLINDNESS; CARDIOLOGIST; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COSMONAUT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EYE PROTECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICARE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOGENESIS; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84867750959     PISSN: 01466453     EISSN: 1872969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icrp.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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