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Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(9):1294.

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Quantitative determinations of the absorption of UV radiations by different structures of the eye are of importance, since various pathologic conditions, such as cataract, retinal damage, and functional visual disturbances, have been variously ascribed to these radiations.

The UV absorption spectrums of various components of the rabbit eye have been measured. The limit of transmission for the whole eye is approximately 330 millimicrons; that for the lens, 310 millimicrons, and that for the aqueous and vitreous humors and cornea, separately, approximately 280 millimicrons.

Measurements of the absorption of ultraviolet radiations by the corneal epithelium indicate that the chief absorbing element is nucleoprotein, its limit of transmission being less than 230 millimicrons.

The minimal amount of radiant energy from the sun to which the eye would have to be exposed before minimal damage would occur to the lens was calculated to be about 3 times the dose necessary to produce minimal . . . [Full Text of this Article]