Survey of eye practitioners' attitudes towards diagnostic tests and therapies for dry eye disease

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-355

  Turner, Angus W ^a,b   Layton, Christopher J ^a   Bron, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dry eye; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STAINING; STUDENT T TEST; TEAR FLOW; VALIDITY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 26944478956     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01026.x     Document Type: Review

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