The effect of vertical gaze position on ocular tear film stability

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-181

  Pansell, Tony ^a,b   Porsblad, Madeleine ^a   Abdi, Saber ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Eye movement; Lipid layer; Palpebral fissure; Tear film stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EYE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EYE; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047241081     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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