Exposure to sunlight reduces the risk of myopia in rhesus monkeys.

Exposure to sunlight has recently been postulated as responsible for the effect that more time spent outdoors protects children from myopia, while early life exposure to natural light was reported to be possibly related to onset of myopia during childhood. In this study, we had two aims: to determin...

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Main Authors: Yong Wang, Hui Ding, William K Stell, Liangping Liu, Saiqun Li, Hongshan Liu, Xingwu Zhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4451516?pdf=render