Survey of contact lens prescribing to infants, children, and teenagers

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 461-468

  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

adults; children; Contact lenses; fitting; infants; survey; teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADULTS; CHILDREN; FITTING; INFANTS; TEENAGERS;

CONTACT LENSES; SURVEYS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EXTENDED WEAR CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEWBORN; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROSTHESIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; ORTHOKERATOLOGIC PROCEDURES; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SILICONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953768712     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31820efa0f     Document Type: Article

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