Limitations of in vitro contact lens dehydration/rehydration data in predicting on-eye dehydration

CLAO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-121

  McConville, Patrick ^b   Pope, James M ^b   Huff, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PH; REHYDRATION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BLINKING; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DESICCATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TEARS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030946544     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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