An assessment of self-reported disease classification in epidemiological studies of dry eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3453-3457

  Nichols, Jason J ^a   Mitchell, G Lynn ^a   Nichols, Kelly K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTACT LENS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRY EYE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONTACT LENSES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; VISION TESTS;

EID: 4644261847     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0468     Document Type: Article

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