PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R. W. Morgan
AU  - J. S. Speakman
AU  - S. E. Grimshaw
TI  - Inuit myopia: an environmentally induced "epidemic"?
DP  - 1975 Mar 08
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 575--577
VI  - 112
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/112/5/575.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/112/5/575.full
SO  - CMAJ1975 Mar 08; 112
AB  - 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.