Contact lens wearer demographics and risk behaviors for contact lens-related eye infections — United States, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 865-870

  Cope, Jennifer R ^a   Collier, Sarah A ^a   Rao, Maya M ^a   Chalmers, Robin ^b,c   Lynn Mitchell, G ^b,d   Richdale, Kathryn ^b,e   Wagner, Heidi ^b,d   Kinoshita, Beth T ^b,f   Lam, Dawn Y ^b,g   Sorbara, Luigina ^b,h   Zimmerman, Aaron ^b,d   Yoder, Jonathan S ^a   Beach, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Contact Lens Assessment in Youth ^*  (United States)

^c The Ohio State University ^*  (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CONTACT LENS; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTACT LENSES; DATA COLLECTION; EYE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940184254     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6432a2     Document Type: Article

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