The effect of low humidity on the human tear film

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 429-434

  Abusharha, Ali A ^a   Pearce, E Ian ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

relative humidity; tear film

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; EXPOSURE; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEARS;

EID: 84875226376     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31826671ab     Document Type: Article

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