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On the plausible association between environmental conditions and human eye damage

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The increase in solar ultraviolet radiation can have various direct and indirect effects on human health, like the incidence of ocular damage. Data of eye damage in residents of three suburban regions in Greece and in two groups of monks/nuns and fishermen are examined here. The statistics performed on these data provides new information about the plausible association between increased levels of solar ultraviolet radiation, air-pollution at ground level, and the development of ocular defects.

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  1. ‘Red Cross’ Hospital, B’ Eye Clinic, Athens, Greece

    Elias Feretis, Tzina Xirou & Nancy Alexandridou

  2. Laboratory of Social Medicine, University of Thrace, Thrace, Greece

    Panagiotis Theodorakopoulos

  3. Dept. of Applied Physics, Panepistimioulopis, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Costas Varotsos, Maria Efstathiou & Christos Tzanis

  4. Eye Clinic of Athens, Greece

    Michael Aggelou

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  1. Elias Feretis
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Correspondence to Costas Varotsos.

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Feretis, E., Theodorakopoulos, P., Varotsos, C. et al. On the plausible association between environmental conditions and human eye damage. Environ Sci & Potlut Res 9, 163–165 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987482

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