Attendance of contact lens wearers at an ophthalmic Accident and Emergency unit

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-65

  Radford, C F ^a,b   Gastaldo Brac, V ^b   Hill, A R ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EROSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CONTACT LENSES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0031962045     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(97)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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