Sunglasses and sunglass standards

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-90

  Dain, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Solar radiation; Standards; Sunglasses

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; STANDARD; VISUAL DISORDER;

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYEGLASSES; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0038546407     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2003.tb03066.x     Document Type: Review

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