Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 59-68 , May 2006

A decade of contact lens prescribing trends in the United Kingdom (1996–2005)

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.02.008

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Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 59-68 , May 2006

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