An evaporative stress test for borderline dry eye detection

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 1153-1157

  Barabino, S ^a   Melica, G ^a   Alongi, S ^a   Calabria, G ^a   Rolando, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TEAR FILM; TEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036922021     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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