Using goggles to increase periocular humidity and reduce dry eye symptoms

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-276

  Korb, Donald R ^a,b   Blackie, Caroline A ^a,b  

^a TearScience Inc   (United States)

^b Korb Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye symptoms Goggles; Periocular humidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GOGGLE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIOCULAR HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880057502     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3182960ff9     Document Type: Article

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