Parameter stability of soft contact lenses made from different materials

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 115-131

  Tranoudis, Ioannis ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back optic zone radius; Oxygen transmissibility; Parameter stability; Soft contact lens materials; Total diameter; Water content

Indexed keywords

1 VINYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; METHACRYLIC ACID; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OXYGEN; POLYMACON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 4444257784     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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