Current silicone hydrogel UVR blocking lenses and their associated protection factors

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 136-140

  DeLoss, Karen S ^a   Walsh, James E ^b   Bergmanson, Jan P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Protection factor; Silicone hydrogel contact lenses; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ENFILCON A; GALYFILCON A; LOTRAFILCON B; POLYMER; SENOFILCON A; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASURFILCON A;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SILICONES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77952890819     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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