Gold plating on spectacle frames

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-266

  Kenny, Ian ^a   Mitchell, John W C ^a   Walsh, Glyn ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PAINT;

ARTICLE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTACLES; STANDARD; THICKNESS;

EID: 0030963212     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1997.tb00054.x     Document Type: Article

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