Extended-wear contact lenses, microbial keratitis, and public health

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9174, 1999, Pages 174-175

  Dart, J ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SILICONE;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; KERATECTOMY; KERATITIS; MARKETING; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033578209     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)90104-6     Document Type: Note

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