Prevalence and associations of dry eye syndrome in an older population: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-232

  Chia, Ee Munn ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Lee, Anne J ^a   Maroun, Rita ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue Mountains Eye Study; Dry eye; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; ELDERLY CARE; EYE DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037477618     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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