Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 273-282 , December 2009

Contact lens profile: A tale of two countries

  • Tim Bowden

      Affiliations

    • Contact Lens Department, City and Islington College, London, United Kingdom
    • Private Practice, Gillingham, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 7967023845; fax: +44 1474822919.
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  • Daniela Sonja Nosch

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Switzerland
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  • Tony Harknett

      Affiliations

    • Contact Lens Department, City and Islington College, London, United Kingdom

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PII: S1367-0484(09)00125-8

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.09.002

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 273-282 , December 2009

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