Trends in Australian contact lens prescribing during the first decade of the 21st Century (2000-2009)

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-252

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Morgan, Philip B ^b   Woods, Craig A ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OPTOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PRESCRIPTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SILICONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954269600     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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