Ocular injury by transient formaldehyde exposure in a rabbit eye model.

Formaldehyde (FA) is frequently used in sterilizing surgical instruments and materials. Exposure to FA is highly concerned for eye tissues. Rabbit corneal epithelial cells were examined for changes after FA exposure. Our results showed that cell survival decreased 7 days after transient 3 min exposu...

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Main Authors: Li-Ju Lai, Wei-Hsiu Hsu, Albert M Wu, June H Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688594?pdf=render