Contact lens practice in Hong Kong in the new millennium

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 358-364

  Cheung, Sin Wan ^a   Cho, Pauline ^a   Edwards, Marion H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Orthokeratology; Rigid gas permeable lenses; Silicone hydrogel lenses; Soft contact lenses; Trends

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTACT LENS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; OPTOMETRY; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036834855     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2002.tb02386.x     Document Type: Article

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