Symptoms in a population of contact lens and noncontact lens wearers under different environmental conditions

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages E296-E302

  GonzÁlez mÉijome, JosÉ manuel ^a   Parafita, Manuel a ^a   Yebra pimentel, Eva ^b   Almeida, JosÉ b ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse environment; Complaints; Marginal dry eye; Ocular symptoms; Soft CL

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENT; MARGINAL DRY EYE; OCULAR SYMPTOMS;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EYE BURNING; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TEAR FLOW; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEATING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247255927     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318041f77c     Document Type: Article

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