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Zinc in tears
A O Saatçi1, M Irkeç, H Ozgüneş
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Ophthalmic Research
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The tear and serum zinc (Zn) levels were determined simultaneously by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in 11 healthy subjects. The mean tear Zn level was found to be 1.537 +/- 0.146 (SEM) ppm while the mean serum Zn level was found to be 1.03 +/- 0.046 (SEM) ppm.