Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 221-229 , December 2006

Corneal oxygen uptake: A review of polarographic techniques, applications, and variables

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.09.005

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Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 221-229 , December 2006

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