Relative size of the eye and orbit: An evolutionary and craniofacial constraint model for examining the etiology and disparate incidence of juvenile-onset myopia in humans

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 649-656

  Masters, Michael P ^a  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINESE; COMPRESSION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EYE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYOPIA; MYOPIA; ONTOGENY; ORBIT; PALEOLITHIC; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; CHILD; EYE; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOPIA; ORBIT; ORGAN SIZE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL;

EID: 84859270270     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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