A mechanism to explain the behaviour of spread films of meibomian lipids

Current Eye Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 220-223

  Millar, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN LIPID FILM; MICROSCOPY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS;

EID: 84872042372     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.721045     Document Type: Article

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