Relation Between Body Mass Index and Dry Eye Disease: The Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study for the

Ryutaro Yamanishi1, Norie Sawada, Akiko Hanyuda

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology (R.Y., A.H., M.U., M.K., K. Yuki, K. Tsubota), Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan ; Epidemiology and Prevention Group (R.Y., N.S., A.H., T.S., T.Y., A.G., M. Inoue, M. Iwasaki, S.T.), Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan ; Center for Education and Educational Research (T.K.), Faculty of Education, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan ; Department of Public Health and Epidemiology (I.S.), Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan ; Department of Public Health (K.A., S.M.), Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan ; Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (K. Tanno, K.S.), School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan ; Department of Public Health Medicine (K. Yamagishi, H.I.), Faculty of Medicine, and Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan ; Ibaraki Western Medical Center (Kazumasa Yamagishi), Chikusei, Japan ; Public Health (H.I.), Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan ; and Department of Public Health (N.Y.), Kochi University Medical School, Kochi, Japan.

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|July 26, 2021
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