Microbial contamination of contact lens cases among medical students

CLAO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-24

  Midelfart, Jana ^a   Midelfart, Anna ^a,b   Bevanger, Lars ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; SERRATIA; XANTHOMONAS;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030025715     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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