Meibomian gland dysfunction and ocular discomfort in video display terminal workers

Eye - Tập 22 Số 1 - Trang 91-95 - 2008
Concettina Fenga1, Pasquale Aragona2, Anna Cacciola1, Rosaria Spinella2, Carmelina Di Nola1, F. Ferreri2, Laura Rania2
1Department of Social and Environmental HealthFSection of Occupational Health, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
2Department of Surgical SpecialtiesFSection of Ophthalmology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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