Air pollutants and tear film stability - A method for experimental evaluation

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 282-286

  Zhao, Jiang ^a   Wollmer, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dry eye syndromes; Lipids; Meibomian glands; Surface tension; Tears

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; LIPID; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DRY EYE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTATION; EYELID; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; SYMPTOM; TEAR FILM;

AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELIDS; LIPIDS; SURFACE TENSION; TEARS;

EID: 0035018778     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.2001.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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