Influence of a controlled environment simulating an in-flight airplane cabin on dry eye disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2093-2099

  Tesón, Marisa ^a   González García, María J ^a   López Miguel, Alberto ^c   Enríquez de Salamanca, Amalia ^a,b   Martín Montañez, Vicente ^a   Benito, María Jesús ^a   Mateo, María Eugenia ^a   Stern, Michael E ^d   Calonge, Margarita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c Visión IthD SL ^*  (Spain)

^d ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS;

EID: 84875677159     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11361     Document Type: Article

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