The subcommittee reviewed the prevalence, incidence, risk factors, natural history, morbidity
and questionnaires reported in epidemiological studies of dry eye disease (DED). A meta …

Environmental risk factors that have an impact on the ocular surface were reviewed and
associations with age and sex, race/ethnicity, geographical area, seasonality, prevalence …

Dry eye, an age‐related condition, is a multifactorial disease of the tears and ocular surface
that results in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance and tear film instability …

Purpose To investigate the prevalence of dry eye among all adult age categories and to
discover independent risk factors by investigating a wide range of etiological categories …

The twenty-first century is fraught with dangers like climate change and pollution, which
impacts human health and mortality. As levels of pollution increase, respiratory illnesses and …

Air pollution has broad effects on human health involving many organ systems. The ocular
surface is an excellent model with which to study the effects of air pollution on human health …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential associations between air pollution
and dry eye disease (DED). Data of outdoor air pollutants and meteorology as well as …

The skin is directly exposed to the polluted atmospheric environment, and skin diseases,
such as atopic dermatitis and acne vulgaris, can be induced or exacerbated by airborne …

Dry eye syndrome (DES) is multifactorial and likely to be a cause of concern more so than
ever given the rapid pace of modernization, which is directly associated with many of the …

Purpose To evaluate the trends and variations in global health burden of glaucoma by year,
age and sex, region and socio‐economic status, using disability‐adjusted life years (DALY …