Light, literacy and the absence of ultraviolet radiation in the development of myopia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-637

  Prepas, Stephen B ^a  

^a Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PIRENZEPINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MYOPIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; CHILD; DARKNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MYOPIA; READING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38749149973     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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