The leaching of nickel from new and used metal spectacle frames

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 372-377

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

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; NICKEL;

EID: 0032127874     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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