Subjective symptom of eye dryness and lifestyle factors with corneal neovascularization in contact lens wearers

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-98

  Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a   Matsubara, Kaoruko ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsubara Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal neovascularization; Life style factors; Subjective symptom of dryness; Wearing time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX; SLIT LAMP; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKING TIME; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3242743070     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.00000117256.77329.06     Document Type: Article

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