Prevalence and risk factors associated with dry eye syndrome among senior high school students in a county of shandong province, China

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 226-230

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Chen, Hongmei ^a   Wu, Xinyi ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dry eye syndrome; Prevalence; Risk factors; Senior high school students

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE IRRITATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTIVE CORRECTION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP QUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863667133     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.670742     Document Type: Article

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