Rigid lens centration: Effects of lens design and material density

International Contact Lens Clinic

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 6-12

  Carney, Leo G ^a   Mainstone, Julia C ^b   Quinn, Thomas G ^b   Hill, Richard M ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contact lens design; Contact lens material; Fitting; Rigid gas permeable contact lenses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029687820     PISSN: 08928967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-8967(95)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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