Assessment and impact of the time of day on aqueous tear evaporation in normal subjects

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 117-119

  Wojtowicz, Jadwiga C ^a   McCulley, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Evaporation; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TEARS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549121145     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31819c2963     Document Type: Article

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