Cling film as a barrier against CJD in Goldmann-type applanation tonometry

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Davies, Leon N ^a   Bartlett, Hannah E ^a   Dunne, Mark C M ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cling film; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Goldmann type applanation tonometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; ADULT; CORNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORNEA; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 1542754115     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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