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Ocular Surface Cooling Rate Associated With Tear Film Characteristics and the Maximum Interblink Period

2021-05-17

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The surface of the human eye is covered with a protective tear film that refreshes with each blink. Natural blinking occurs involuntarily, but one can also voluntarily blink or refrain from blinking. The maximum time one can refrain from blinking until the onset of discomfort is the maximum inter-blink period (MIBP). In between blinks the tear film thins and evaporates from the ocular surface. Tear film evaporatio...

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665406c9-d3fa-523a-a6c8-f6d8937d20d9
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-520141/v1
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