Night vision in the elderly: Consequences for seeing through a "blue filtering" intraocular lens

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1518-1521

  Werner, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

AGING; BLUE FILTERING; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTER; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LENS IMPLANT; NIGHT VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETRY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 27344452366     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.073734     Document Type: Review

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