Declination angle and its role in selecting surgical telescopes

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1096-1100

  Rucker, Lance M ^a   Beattie, Craig ^d   McGregor, Cathy ^d   Sunell, Susanne ^b   Ito, Yutaka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Community College   (Canada)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; ORAL SURGERY; SPECTACLES;

EYEGLASSES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LENSES; OPTICS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTURE;

EID: 0033159346     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1999.0343     Document Type: Article

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