Association among pterygium, cataracts, and cumulative ocular ultraviolet exposure: A cross-sectional study in Han people in China and Taiwan

Pterygium is an ocular surface disorder mainly caused by ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. This study explored the relationships between six cataract types with pterygium and UV exposure. We have previously studied cataracts in residents of three regions in China and Taiwan with different UV intensit...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.e0253093
Hauptverfasser: Hatsusaka, Natsuko, Yamamoto, Naoki, Miyashita, Hisanori, Shibuya, Eri, Mita, Norihiro, Yamazaki, Mai, Shibata, Teppei, Ishida, Hidetoshi, Ukai, Yuki, Kubo, Eri, Cheng, Hong-Ming, Sasaki, Hiroshi
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