Short-Term Omega 3 Fatty Acids Treatment for Dry Eye in Young and Middle-Aged Visual Display Terminal Users

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 231-236

  Bhargava, Rahul ^a,b   Kumar, Prachi ^b   Arora, Yogesh ^b  

^a Laser Eye Clinic   (India)

^b SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conjunctival impression cytology; Correlation analysis; Dry eye syndrome; Omega 3 fatty acids; Schirmer test; Tear film breakup time; Visual display terminal users

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NELSON GRADE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM BREAKUP TIME; VISUAL DISPLAY TERMINAL USER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; YOUNG ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; INDIA; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONJUNCTIVA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OLIVE OIL; TEARS;

EID: 84978140861     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000179     Document Type: Article

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