The elasticity and rigidity of the outer coats of the eye

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1415-1418

  Asejczyk Widlicka, M ^a   Pierscionek, B K ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORNEA; EYEBALL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCLERA; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; TONOMETRY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; SCLERA; SWINE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 53649101193     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.140178     Document Type: Article

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