Lacrimal drainage capacity, age and blink rate

Orbit

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-159

  Sahlin, Sven ^a   Laurell, Carl Gustaf ^a   Chen, Enping ^a   Philipson, Bo ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Blink rate; Drop test; Lacrimal drainage capacity

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMAL FLUID; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; TEAR FILM; TEAR FLOW;

EID: 0031787271     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.17.3.155.2757     Document Type: Article

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