Non-invasive tear break-up time in normal Malays

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-41

  Mohidin, Norhani ^b   Bay, Tan Choon ^b   Yap, Maurice ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malays; Tear break up time; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CORNEA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036366964     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2002.tb03070.x     Document Type: Article

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