Respirable particles in the excimer laser plume

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 604-607

  Taravella, Michael J ^a,b   Viega, John ^b   Luiszer, Fred ^b   Drexler, John ^b   Blackburn, Peter ^b   Hovland, Peter ^b   Repine, John E ^c  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Webb Waring Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CORNEA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE SURGERY; FILTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKE; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBULATORY CARE; BREATHING; CORNEA STROMA; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AMBULATORY CARE; CORNEAL STROMA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATION; SMOKE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0035321689     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(00)00813-0     Document Type: Article

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