A survey of contact lens wear among diabetic patients in the United Kingdom

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Veys, Jane ^b   Efron, Nathan ^a   Boulton, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contact lens; Diabetes mellitus; Dispensing optician; Ophthalmologist; Optometrist; Patient

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003104008     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(97)80026-4     Document Type: Article

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