Profile of contact lens failures in Saudi Arabia

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 255-259

  Briggs, Stella T ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Contact lens failure; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007362921     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1996.tb05184.x     Document Type: Article

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