UV-vis light transmittance through tinted contact lenses and the effect of color on values

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 136-143

  Osuagwu, Uchechukwu L ^a   Ogbuehi, Kelechi C ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acuvue; Contact lens; Freshlook; Light transmission; Ocular protection; Ultraviolet radiation (UVR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORED CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; EYE PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ABSORPTION, RADIATION; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84899986676     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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