Ocular surface symptoms in veterans returning from operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 650-653

  Modi, Yasha S ^a,b   Qurban, Qirat ^a   Zlotcavitch, Leonid ^a   Echeverri, Roberto J ^a   Feuer, William ^b,c   Florez, Hermes ^a,c   Galor, Anat ^a,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

Depression; Dry eye symptoms; Environmental exposure; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRY EYE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

DEPRESSION; DRY EYE SYMPTOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84893314334     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13330     Document Type: Article

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