Epidemiology of dry eye syndrome

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 989-998

  Schaumberg, Debra A ^a   Sullivan, David A ^a   Dana, M Reza ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL; SEX HORMONE;

AGE; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EYE BURNING; EYE IRRITATION; GENDER; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; OCULAR PRURITUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIRMER TEST; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036921998     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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