Coupling Fluid and Solute Dynamics Within the Ocular Surface Tear Film: A Modelling Study of Black Line Osmolarity

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2062-2093

  Zubkov, V S ^a   Breward, C J W ^a   Gaffney, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blinking; Tear film osmolarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864753117     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-012-9746-9     Document Type: Article

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