Thinning rate of the precorneal and prelens tear films

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2353-2361

  Nichols, Jason J ^a   Mitchell, G Lynn ^a   King Smith, P Ewen ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFEROMETRY; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEAR FILM; BLINKING; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOLATILIZATION;

ADULT; BLINKING; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; TEARS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 23244441325     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0094     Document Type: Article

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