Inuit myopia: an environmentally induced "epidemic"?
Among Inuit less than 30 years old the prevalence of myopia is far in excess of that of their elders. This is especially true for females. There seems to be little, if any, genetic contribution to this "epidemic" of myopia in the young. The age and sex distribution indicates the likelihood...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1956268 2023-05-15T16:54:39+02:00 Inuit myopia: an environmentally induced "epidemic"? Morgan, R. W. Speakman, J. S. Grimshaw, S. E. 1975-03-08 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1956268 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1116086 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1956268 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1116086 Research Article Text 1975 ftpubmed 2013-09-01T01:09:52Z Among Inuit less than 30 years old the prevalence of myopia is far in excess of that of their elders. This is especially true for females. There seems to be little, if any, genetic contribution to this "epidemic" of myopia in the young. The age and sex distribution indicates the likelihood of an environmental factor, probably cultural, being responsible for the current pattern. Other data implicate school attendance as a possible etiologic factor. Text inuit PubMed Central (PMC) |
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Among Inuit less than 30 years old the prevalence of myopia is far in excess of that of their elders. This is especially true for females. There seems to be little, if any, genetic contribution to this "epidemic" of myopia in the young. The age and sex distribution indicates the likelihood of an environmental factor, probably cultural, being responsible for the current pattern. Other data implicate school attendance as a possible etiologic factor. |
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Inuit myopia: an environmentally induced "epidemic"? |
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