Does the eye benefit from wearing ultraviolet-blocking contact lenses?

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-272

  Walsh, James E ^a   Bergmanson, Jan P G ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ultraviolet radiationa Ocular diseasea Protection factor

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CATARACT; CELL CULTURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; DOSIMETRY; EYE DISEASE; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOPATHY; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CONTACT LENSES; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79960012014     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3182235777     Document Type: Review

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