Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 183-188 , August 2010

Contact lens user profile, attitudes and level of compliance to lens care

  • Yvonne Wu

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute for Eye Research, Level 3, North Wing, Rupert Myers Building Gate 14, Barker Street, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9385 7603; fax: +61 2 9385 7401.
    • ,
  • Nicole Carnt

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Fiona Stapleton

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Eye Research, Sydney, Australia
    • School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.02.002

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 183-188 , August 2010

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