Experimental model of light focusing of the peripheral cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-41

  Narayanan, Priyamvada ^a   Merriam, John C ^b   Vazquez, Marcelo E ^b   Dillon, James ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

cataract risk factors; corneal magnification; light damage; pupils; ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CATARACT; CORNEA; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030068005     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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