In vivo evaluation of blue-light attenuation with tinted and untinted intraocular lenses

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1031-1037

  Kontadakis, Georgios A ^a,c   Plainis, Sotiris ^a   Moschandreas, Joanna ^b   Tsika, Chrisanthi ^a,c   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a,c   Tsilimbaris, Miltiadis K ^a,c  

^a School of Health Sciences   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LUMINANCE; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TINTED INTRAOCULAR LENS; UNTINTED INTRAOCULAR LENS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETINA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79956205878     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.12.047     Document Type: Article

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