Corneal-tissue absorption coefficients for 193– and 213-nm ultraviolet radiation

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3386-3391

  Pettit, G H ^a   Ediger, M N ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Photorefractive keratectomy; Tissue optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000057608     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003386     Document Type: Article

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