Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 177-180 , August 2009

A preliminary investigation into the relationship between ocular surface temperature and lipid layer thickness

  • Maria Jesus Giraldez

      Affiliations

    • School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
    • Santiago of Compostela University, Galicia, Spain
    • ,
  • Shehzad A. Naroo

      Affiliations

    • School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Ophthalmic Research Group, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK. Tel.: +44 121 204 4142; fax: +44 121 204 4048.
    • ,
  • Carlos Garcia Resua

      Affiliations

    • Santiago of Compostela University, Galicia, Spain

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2009.06.004

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 177-180 , August 2009

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