A multicentric case-control study on the impact of air pollution on eyes in a metropolitan city of India

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Gupta, S K ^a   Gupta, S C ^b   Agarwal, Renu ^a   Sushma, Srivastava ^a   Agrawal, S S ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^c  

^a DELHI INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Venu Eye Institute and Research Centre   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ocular surface disorders; Ophthalmic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EYE DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL OPHTHALMOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPHOBIA; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEAR FILM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34249098703     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.32463     Document Type: Article

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