Disposable contact lens use as a risk factor for microbial keratitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1272-1275

  Radford, Cherry F ^a   Minassian, Darwin C ^b   Dart, John K G ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

EID: 0031754940     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.11.1272     Document Type: Article

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