Environmental factors affect the risk of dry eye syndrome in a United States veteran population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Galor, Anat ^a,b   Kumar, Naresh ^c   Feuer, William ^b   Lee, David J ^c  

^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

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; VETERANS HEALTH; VISIBILITY; WIND; WIND SPEED;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84897400764     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.11.036     Document Type: Article

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