Black eye drop bottle tips improve compliance

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-41

  Stack, Rebecca R ^a   McKellar, Malcolm J ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coloured; Compliance; Contamination; Eye drop bottle; Tips

Indexed keywords

APO TIMOP; EYE DROPS; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INSTILLATION; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COLOR; DRUG PACKAGING; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIMOLOL;

EID: 1542715331     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2004.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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