Soft contact lens care systems and corneal staining in Hong Kong-Chinese

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 47-53

  Cho, Pauline ^a,b   Lui, Thomas ^c   Kee, Chea Su ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BCLA   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AOSept; Chinese; Contact lens solution; Corneal staining; Lens care; Multipurpose solution; Oxysept; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002853424     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1367-0484(98)80040-4     Document Type: Article

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