Light attenuation by the human eyelid

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-25

  Ando, Katsuhisa ^a   Kripke, Daniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Eye; Eyelid; Human; Light; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

EID: 0030053341     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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