Environmental impact of three replacement modalities of soft contact lens wear

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-46

  Morgan, Sarah L ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Environmetal impact; Packaging; Wastage

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIQUID; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037343837     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(02)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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