Contact lens in children: Epidemiological aspects;Lente de contato em crianças: Aspectos epidemiológicos

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-351

  Alves Salame, André Luiz ^a   Maidana Simon, Eduardo José ^a   Leal, Fernando ^a   Lipener, César ^a   Brocchetto, Daniela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anisometropia; Aphakia; Child; Contact lenses; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

APHAKIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62149148906     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492008000300008     Document Type: Article

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