Over the counter cosmetic colored contact lenses: Déjà vu (disaster!) all over again!

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-

  Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA ULCER; CURVE FITTING; EDITORIAL; EYE COLOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; KERATITIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; DEJA VU; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; LEGAL ASPECT; PROSTHESIS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; COSMETICS; DEJA VU; DEVICE APPROVAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; KERATITIS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0642335199     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00140068-200310000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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3. Cheng KH, Leung SL, Hockman HW, et al. Incidence of contact lens-associated microbial keratitis and its related morbidity. Lancet 1999;354:181-185.