Conjunctival UV autofluorescence - Prevalence and risk factors

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-430

  Wolffsohn, James S ^a   Drew, Tom ^a   Sulley, Anna ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Bulbar conjunctival damage; Contact lenses; Peripheral light focusing effect; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL ULTRAVIOLET AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTACT LENS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE CARE PRACTITIONER; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KUWAIT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERIPHERAL LIGHT FOCUSING EFFECT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION DAMAGE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONJUNCTIVA; EUROPE; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES; EUROPE; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; OPTICAL IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84922755456     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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