Myopia: The Evidence for Environmental Factors
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Myopia: The Evidence for Environmental Factors
Myopia The Evidence for Environmental Factors Myopia has reached epidemic proportions in the youth of many Asian countries. Children also are becoming myopic earlier, and severe myopia is becoming more common.
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PURPOSE The aim of the work was to assess the impact of environmental factors on the prevalence of myopia. MATERIAL AND METHODS The work presents and discusses contemporary literature on the environmental determinants of myopia. RESULTS In the existing works it was demonstrated that environmental factors lead to higher prevalence of myopia. It is assumed that the higher incidence of myopia ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.122-a12