A decade of contact lens prescribing trends in the United Kingdom (1996-2005)

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Morgan, Philip B ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Contact lens solutions; Prescribing trends; Rigid lens; Soft lens; Survey; Wearing modalities

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; SILICONE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZATION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646399771     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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