Myopia and natural lighting extremes: Risk factors in Finnish army conscripts

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 588-595

  Vannas, Antti E ^a   Ying, Gui Shuang ^b   Stone, Richard A ^b   Maguire, Maureen G ^b   Jormanainem, Vesa ^c   Tervo, Timo ^d  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Health Care Division   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic regions; Cross sectional study; Finland; Light; Myopia; Photoperiod; Refraction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARCTIC; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EYE COLOR; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRIS; LATITUDE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHTNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; PHOTOPERIOD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0347530388     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1395-3907.2003.0151.x     Document Type: Article

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