Importance of the lipid layer in human tear film stability and evaporation

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-13

  Craig, Jennifer P ^a   Tomlinson, Alan ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaporation; human tears; lipid; meibomian; stability

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LIPIDS; STABILITY;

HUMAN TEARS; MEIBOMIAN; NONINVASIVE BREAK UP TIME;

BODY FLUIDS;

LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LIPID MONOLAYER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0031055619     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199701000-00014     Document Type: Article

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