Do lipids retard the evaporation of the tear fluid?

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6442-6447

  Rantamäki, Antti H ^a   Javanainen, Matti ^b   Vattulainen, Ilpo ^b,c,d   Holopainen, Juha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LIPID; OLIVE OIL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WAX; EYE DROPS; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LACRIMAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TEAR FILM; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLATILIZATION;

CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PLANT OILS; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VISCOSITY; VOLATILIZATION; WATER; WAXES;

EID: 84870885318     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10487     Document Type: Article

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