UV radiation ocular exposure dosimetry

@article{Sliney2005UVRO,
  title={UV radiation ocular exposure dosimetry},
  author={David H Sliney},
  journal={Documenta Ophthalmologica},
  year={2005},
  volume={88},
  pages={243-254}
}
  • D. Sliney
  • Published 2005
  • Medicine
  • Documenta Ophthalmologica
Cataractogenesis by ultraviolet radiation (UVR) has been shown convincingly by a host of different laboratory studies. However, crucial epidemiological evidence linking chronic UVR exposure to age-related cataract appears to be lacking, since different environmental studies have led to apparently conflicting results. This paper explores a possible explanation for these conflicting results: errors in dosimetry. Any epidemiological study depends upon good dosimetry of the subjects' exposures. A… 
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