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A Patient Questionnaire Approach to Estimating the Prevalence of Dry Eye Symptoms in Patients Presenting to Optometric Practices across Canada

DOI

355

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0

References

1997

Year

Michael J. Doughty, Desmond Fonn, Doris Richter, Trefford Simpson, Barbara Caffery, Keith Gordon
Optometry and Vision Science

Abstract

The prevalence of patients reporting any level of symptoms of dry eyes was approximately 1 in 4; severe symptoms were reported by 1 in 225 patients.