Solar retinopathy: A study from Nepal and from Germany

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-108

  Rai, N ^a   Thuladar, L ^b   Brandt, Felix ^c   Arden, G B ^d   Berninger, Thomas A ^e  

^a Kathmandu Lens Clinic   (Nepal)

^b Blue Star Hotel   (Nepal)

^c Applied Vision Research Center ^*  (Germany)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Eclipse burn; Religious rituals; Solar retinopathy; Sun gazing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BURN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEPAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; SUN EXPOSURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032310931     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001160413794     Document Type: Article

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