An action spectrum for UV-B radiation and the rat lens.

John C. Merriam, Stefan Löfgren, Ralph Michael, Per G. Söderberg, James Dillon, Lei Zheng, Marcelo Ayala

PubMed · 2000 · 71 citations · 25 references

Abstract

After correcting for corneal transmittance, the biological sensitivity of the rat lens to UV-B is at least as great at 295 nm as at 300 nm. After correcting for transmittance by the atmosphere, UV-B at 305 nm is the most likely wave band to injure the rat lens in both Stockholm and La Palma.

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