Contact lens profile: A tale of two countries

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 273-282

  Bowden, Tim ^a,b   Nosch, Daniela Sonja ^b   Harknett, Tony ^a  

^a City and Islington College   (United Kingdom)

^b Gillingham ^*

Author keywords

Adverse responses; Case rinsing; Germany; Hygiene; Lens rubbing; UK

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GERMANY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449535531     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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