Extended wear contact lenses

Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 304-336

  Tighe, B J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; SILICONES;

CURRENT GENERATION; EXTENDED WEARS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; POLYMER DESIGNS; SILICONE HYDROGELS; TEAR FILMS;

CONTACT LENSES;

EID: 84878124611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845697433.1.304     Document Type: Chapter

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