Gauging interest of the general public in laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis eye surgery

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1015-1018

  Stein, Joshua D ^a   Childers, David M ^a   Nan, Bin ^b   Mian, Shahzad I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser assisted in situ keratomileusis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EYE SURGERY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INDIA; KERATOMILEUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INTERNET; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MYOPIA; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84879069488     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318283c85a     Document Type: Article

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