
|Articles|October 1, 2003
IOL filters, protects against harmful UV, blue-light hazard
Author(s)Lynda Charters
London-Exposure of the retina to excessive blue light is hazardous to the pigment epithelial cells and may underlie the increase in the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in individuals in the eighth and ninth decades of life.
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