Prevalence and risk factors of dry eye syndrome in a United States Veterans Affairs population

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-384.e2

  Galor, Anat ^a,c   Feuer, William ^a   Lee, David J ^b   Florez, Hermes ^b,c   Carter, David ^c   Pouyeh, Bozorgmehr ^a,c   Prunty, William J ^c   Perez, Victor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRY EYE; ETHNICITY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; GOUT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROSACEA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THYROID DISEASE; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 80051865559     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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