Smoking and Corneal Biomechanics

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Hafezi, Farhad ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 70350462996     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.039     Document Type: Letter

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