A patient questionnaire approach to estimating the prevalence of dry eye symptoms in patients presenting to optometric practices across Canada

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 624-631

  Doughty, Michael J ^a,b   Fonn, Desmond ^a   Richter, Doris ^a   Simpson, Trefford ^a   Caffery, Barbara ^c   Gordon, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Alcon Canada Inc ^*

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Dry eye symptoms; Epidemiology; Medications; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

DRY EYE SYMPTOMS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRY EYE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031214956     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199708000-00023     Document Type: Article

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