Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 121-125 , September 2005

The biomechanics of rigid contact lens removal

  • Michael J. Collins

      Affiliations

    • Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory, School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove,Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3864 5739; fax: +61 7 3864 5665.
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  • Stephanie C. Voetz

      Affiliations

    • Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory, School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove,Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia
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  • Nora Bretschneider

      Affiliations

    • Fachhochschule Aalen, Studiengang Augenoptik und Hoerakustik, University of Technology and Business, Gartenstrasse 135, 73430 Aalen, Germany

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PII: S1367-0484(05)00024-X

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2005.04.001

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 121-125 , September 2005