Contact lens transmissibility: Effects on delivery of oxygen to the cornea

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-163

  Ostrem, Eric D ^a   Fink, Barbara A ^b   Hill, Richard M ^b  

^a KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contact lens; modulus of elasticity; permeability; tear pump efficiency

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

CORNEA; CORNEAL HYPOXIA; CORNEAL OXYGEN DYNAMICS; LENS TRANSMISSIBILITY; OXYGEN DELIVERY; OXYGEN SHORTFALL; PERMEABILITY; RIGID CONTACT LENSES;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TEAR FILM; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0030111045     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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