Eye complaints in the office environment: Precorneal tear film integrity influenced by eye blinking efficiency

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-12

  Wolkoff, P ^a   Nojgaard J K ^a   Troiano, P ^b   Piccoli, B ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EVAPORATION; EYE DISEASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPEROSMOLARITY; LACRIMAL GLAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRECORNEAL TEAR FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEAR FILM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BLINKING; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TEARS;

EID: 11244250808     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.016030     Document Type: Review

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