Refractive index contours in the human lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 887-893

  Pierscionek, Barbara K ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Equatorial plane; Human lens; Index contours; Refractive index; Sagittal plane

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; REFRACTION INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WATER LOSS;

EID: 0031171152     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0252     Document Type: Article

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