The environmental impact of single-dose eye drops

Lydia Lam^{1

2}, Stephen Bacchi^{1

2

3}, Robert Casson^{1

2}, Ava Pho¹, Quyen Vu¹, Weng Onn Chan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia.
² Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
³ Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia.

Lydia Lam et al. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2023 May-Jun.

. 2023 May-Jun;51(4):397-398.

doi: 10.1111/ceo.14223. Epub 2023 Apr 5.

Lydia Lam^{1

2}, Stephen Bacchi^{1

2

3}, Robert Casson^{1

2}, Ava Pho¹, Quyen Vu¹, Weng Onn Chan^{1

2}

¹ Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia.
² Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
³ Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia.

No abstract available

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