American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 146, Issue 6 , Pages 925-929.e2 , December 2008

Japan Ministry of Health Study on Prevalence of Dry Eye Disease Among Japanese High School Students

  • Miki Uchino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Ryogoku Eye Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Murat Dogru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • J and J Ocular Surface and Visual Optics Department, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Murat Dogru, J and J Ocular Surface and Visual Optics Department and Ophthalmology Department, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8285, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuichi Uchino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Ryogoku Eye Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazumi Fukagawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Ryogoku Eye Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigeto Shimmura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Ryogoku Eye Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Toru Takebayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Debra A. Schaumberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Kazuo Tsubota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Ryogoku Eye Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

,Accepted 30 June 2008.

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American Journal of Ophthalmology
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