The ocular surface, the tear film, and the wettability of contact lenses

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 438, Issue , 1998, Pages 717-722

  Morris, Carol A ^a   Holden, Brien A ^a   Papas, Eric ^a   Griesser, Hans J ^a,b   Bolis, Shirley ^a   Anderton, Philip ^a   Carney, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; LANOLIN; MUCIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILOXANE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EVAPORATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0031775467     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5359-5_101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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