Components responsible for the surface tension of human tears

Current Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-11

  Nagyova B ^a   Tiffany, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human tears; Surface tension; Tear lipids; Tear lipocalin

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; LIPOCALIN;

ARTICLE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; SURFACE TENSION; TEARS;

EID: 0032987673     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.19.1.4.5341     Document Type: Article

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