Local oxygen transmissibility of disposable contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Bruce, Adrian ^a,b  

^a Victorian College of Optometry   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disposable contact lenses; Oxygen permeability; Oxygen transmissibility

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SILICON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; EYE; GERMANY; HYDROGEL; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LENS POWER; MECHANICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OXYGENATION; PACKAGING; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; THICKNESS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0348219111     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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