Tear film changes associated with normal aging

Cornea

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-234

  Mathers, William D ^a,b   Lane, James A ^a   Bridget Zimmerman, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Evaporation; Schirmer test; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMATION; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NORMAL HUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TEAR FILM; TEAR FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEARS;

EID: 0029886437     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199605000-00001     Document Type: Article

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