Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 136-140 , June 2010

Current silicone hydrogel UVR blocking lenses and their associated protection factors

  • Karen S. DeLoss

      Affiliations

    • Texas Eye Research and Technology Center, University of Houston College of Optometry, 4901 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 770204, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Texas Eye Research and Technology Center, University of Houston College of Optometry, 505 J Davis Armistead Bldg, 4901 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 770204, United States. Tel.: +1 713 743 1931.
    • ,
  • James E. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Dublin Institute of Technology School of Physics, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • ,
  • Jan P.G. Bergmanson

      Affiliations

    • Texas Eye Research and Technology Center, University of Houston College of Optometry, 4901 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 770204, United States

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.11.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 136-140 , June 2010

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