Role of light emitted by incandescent or fluorescent lamps in the development of myopia and astigmatism

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Czepita, Damian ^a   Gosławski, Wojciech ^a   Mojsa, Artur ^a   Muszyńska Lachota, Izabela ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Fluorescent lamps; Incandescent lamps; Light; Myopia

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIELD EMISSION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; MYOPIA; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MYOPIA; SLEEP;

EID: 1942438937     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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