Advanced dry eye screening for visual display terminal workers using functional visual acuity measurement: The Moriguchi study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1488-1492

  Kaido, Minako ^a   Kawashima, Motoko ^a   Yokoi, Norihiko ^b   Fukui, Masaki ^a   Ichihashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^b   Yamatsuji, Motoko ^c   Nishida, Mitsuko ^d   Fukagawa, Kazumi ^e   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Yamatsuji Clinic   (Japan)

^d PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Ryogoku Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISPLAY TERMINAL; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; COMPUTER TERMINAL; DEVICES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION TEST; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEARS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84945487336     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-306640     Document Type: Article

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