The exposed ocular surface and its relationship to spontaneous eyeblink rate in elderly caucasians

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 681-686

  Zaman, M L ^a   Doughty, M J ^a   Button, N F ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye surface; Eyelids; Palpebral aperture; Tear film stability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORNEA; EVAPORATION; EYE POSITION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032436024     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0571     Document Type: Article

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