Ultraviolet transmittance of the Vistakon disposable contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-15

  Harris, Michael G ^b   Chin, Raymond S ^c   Lee, Dennis S ^c   Tam, Michael H ^c   Dobkins, Carlos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disposable contact lenses; Spectrophotometer; Ultraviolet (UV) transmittance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042390905     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(00)80035-1     Document Type: Article

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