Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dry eye syndrome: A study utilizing the National United States veterans affairs administrative database

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Galor, Anat ^a,b   Feuer, William ^b   Lee, David J ^c   Florez, Hermes ^a,c   Faler, Allen L ^a   Zann, Kasey L ^a   Perez, Victor L ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRY EYE; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GOUT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUNCTAL PLUGGING PROCEDURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSACEA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THYROID DISEASE; VETERAN;

EID: 84866424495     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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