The thickness of the tear film

Current Eye Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 357-368

  King Smith, P Ewen ^a   Fink, Barbara A ^a   Hill, Richard M ^a   Koelling, Kurt W ^b   Tiffany, John M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Dry eye; Lipid layer; Tear breakup; Tear film

Indexed keywords

CORNEA; DRY EYE; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; LENS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; TEARS;

EID: 11844282165     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680490516099     Document Type: Short Survey

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