Factors influencing the prescribing of hydrogel contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 294-295

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Fitting; Hydrogel; Prescribing; Soft lens; Survey; Water content

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HYDROGEL; MARKETING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTENT;

CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; OPTOMETRY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449528491     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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