Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 119-123 , June 2010

Attitudes towards contact lenses: A comparative study of teenagers and their parents

  • Fabrizio Zeri

      Affiliations

    • CdL in Ottica e Optometria, Università Roma TRE, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: CdL in Ottica e Optometria. Università Roma TRE, Via Galvani, 6 00153 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 3409373736; fax: +39 657133143.
    • ,
  • Juan J. Durban

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Óptica y Optometría, University of Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • Fernando Hidalgo

      Affiliations

    • The New England and College of Optometry, Boston, USA
    • ,
  • Joan Gispets

      Affiliations

    • University Vision Centre, Department of Optics and Optometry, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
    • ,
  • Contact Lens Evolution Study Group (CLESG)

      Affiliations

    • The members of the CLESG are as follows: Juan J Durban, Nerea Garagorri, Joan Gispets, María Jesús González, Javier Gonzalez Cavada, Jose M. Gonzalez Meijome, Fernando Hidalgo, Antonio López-Alemany, César Villa, Fabrizio Zeri.

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PII: S1367-0484(09)00181-7

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.12.009

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 119-123 , June 2010

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