Prevalence of dry eye syndrome among US women

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 318-326

  Schaumberg, Debra A ^a,b,c   Sullivan, David A ^b,c   Buring, Julie E ^a,c   Dana, M Reza ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042349408     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00218-6     Document Type: Article

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