Myopia and natural lighting extremes: risk factors in Finnish army conscripts
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Myopia and natural lighting extremes: risk factors in Finnish army conscripts.
PURPOSE To establish whether features of environmental lighting in far northern latitudes might be associated with prevalence of myopia. METHODS Using both questionnaires and military medical examinations, this cross-sectional survey of Finnish conscripts assessed both light exposure and conventional risk factors for myopia. RESULTS While myopia was not associated with the month of birth, t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1395-3907
DOI: 10.1046/j.1395-3907.2003.0151.x