The environment and the eye

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1235-1250

  Johnson, G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Climatic droplet keratopathy; Environment; Eye disease; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAMBIA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LENS CAPSULE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OZONE LAYER; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRACHOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 11844272595     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701369     Document Type: Article

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