Dry eye syndrome in elderly tibetans at high altitude: A population-based study in China

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-551

  Lu, Peng ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^a   Liu, Xuyang ^a   Yu, Ling ^a   Kang, Ying ^b   Xie, Quanhua ^c   Ke, Lang ^b   Wei, Xiaoyan ^d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture   (China)

^c People' Hospital of Jianza County   (China)

^d People' Hospital of Zeku County   (China)

Author keywords

Dry eye syndrome; Prevalence; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIRMER TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TEAR FILM; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIBET;

EID: 48249134404     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318165b1b7     Document Type: Article

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