The influence of religious fasting on basal tear secretion and tear break-up time

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-69

  Kayikçioǧlu, Özcan ^a,c   Erkin, Esin F ^a   Erakgün, Tansu ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Basal tear secretion; Religious fasting; Tear break up time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACRIMATION; MALE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; TIME;

ADULT; FASTING; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SURFACE TENSION; TEARS;

EID: 0032321954     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006119330534     Document Type: Article

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