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Components responsible for the surface tension of human tears

B. Nagyová Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, UK
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J.M. Tiffany Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, UK
Pages 4-11 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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