A comparison of corneal and conjunctival sensitivity to a thermally cooling stimulus

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 A, Issue , 2002, Pages 719-722

  Murphy, Paul J ^a   Armstrong, Elaine ^a   Woods, Laura A ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA; COOLING; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036936383     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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