Association of sunlight exposure with visual impairment in an Indian fishing community

Association of sunlight exposure with visual impairment in an Indian fishing community

Purpose: Indian fishermen belong to a marginalized population and are continuously exposed to extreme occupational hazards and sunlight. A high prevalence of visual impairment (VI) is reported in the coastal fishing community. We aimed to investigate the association between VI and sunlight exposure...

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Main Authors: Shwetha V Puthran, Sayantan Biswas, Siddharth K Karthikeyan, Jyothi Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
cataract
fishermen
fishing community
ocular disease
sunlight exposure
ultraviolet-b
visual impairment
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2023;volume=71;issue=6;spage=2409;epage=2415;aulast=Puthran

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