Variability in the measurement of corneal temperature using a noncontact infrared thermometer

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 345-349

  Koçak, Inci ^a   Orgül, Selim ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corneal temperature; Noncontact thermometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0032718789     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027452     Document Type: Article

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