Contact lenses and other risk factors in microbial keratitis

The Lancet

Volumn 338, Issue 8768, 1991, Pages 650-653

  Dart, J K G ^a,c   Stapleton, F ^b   Minassian, D ^c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EYE DISEASES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025870491     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)91231-I     Document Type: Article

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