Age and gender effects on the normal tear film

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 438, Issue , 1998, Pages 411-415

  Craig, Jennifer P ^a   Tomlinson, Alan ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID BILAYER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEAR FILM;

EID: 0031842174     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5359-5_57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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