RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Inuit myopia: an environmentally induced "epidemic"?
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 575
OP 577
VO 112
IS 5
A1 R. W. Morgan
A1 J. S. Speakman
A1 S. E. Grimshaw
YR 1975
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/112/5/575.abstract
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.