Editorial: Micobiological testing for contact lens care products-public workshop: FDA white oak conference center, Silver Spring, Maryland

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 115-116

  Steinemann, Thomas L ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTACT LENS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; STANDARD;

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MARYLAND; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 68549083791     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181a2c9ad     Document Type: Editorial

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