Eye discomfort and air pollution

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Versura, Piera ^a,b   Profazio, Vincenzo ^a   Cellini, Mauro ^a   Torreggiani, Alberto ^a   Caramazza, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Eye discomfort; Imprint cytology; Scraping cytology; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIRMER TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEAR FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TEARS;

EID: 0033005676     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027401     Document Type: Article

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