Dry eye disease: Prevalence, distribution and determinants in a hospital-based population

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 157-161

  Onwubiko, Stella N ^a   Eze, Boniface I ^a   Udeh, Nnemma N ^a   Arinze, Obinna C ^a   Onwasigwe, Ernest N ^a   Umeh, Rich E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Determinants; Dry eye; Hospital; Population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899918828     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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