PH dependent spectral properties of sodium fluorescein ophthalmic solutions revisited

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-174

  Doughty, Michael J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Fluorescein; Fluorescence; PH

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; FLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; PH; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

FLUORESCEIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 77049120305     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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