Influence of age, gender and iris color on mechanical and chemical sensitivity of the cornea and conjunctiva

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 932-938

  Acosta, M Carmen ^a   Alfaro, M Luisa ^a   Borrás, Fernando ^a   Belmonte, Carlos ^a   Gallar, Juana ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

conjunctival sensitivity and aging; corneal innervation; corneal sensitivity and aging; esthesiometry; sexual differences

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HORMONE;

ACIDITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33748138666     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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