Ozone depletion leads to an increase in the ultraviolet-B (UV-B) component (280–315 nm)
of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) reaching the surface of the Earth with important …

Purpose: To describe he role played by the United Nations Environmental Effects Panel with
respect to the ocular effects of stratospheric ozone depletion and present the essence of the …

methods. Four thousand eight hundred subjects (age,> 39 years) from rural south India were
enumerated for a population-based study. All participants underwent complete ophthalmic …

The latitude gradient in comparative development is a striking fact: as one moves away from
the equator, economic activity rises. While this regularity is well known, it is not well …

Aim: To report the prevalence, risk factors and associated population attributable risk
percentage (PAR) for refractive errors in the South Indian adult population. Methods: A …

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from the sun is a well-known risk factor for human
disease. Indeed, in many countries, skin cancers are the most common types of cancer and …

Purpose.: To study the effect of age on the morphologic and biochemical alterations induced
by in vivo exposure of ultraviolet radiation (UV). Methods.: Young and old C57BL/6 mice …

Although many fruits such as lemon and orange contain citric acid, little is known about
beneficial effects of citric acid on health. Here we measured the effect of citric acid on the …

Higher exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UV‐R) is associated with greater prevalence of eye
disease such as cataracts. We hypothesize that the variation in the intensity of UV‐R can …

According to cross-cultural psychologists, cross-country differences in individualism vs.
collectivism constitute an important dimension of cultural variation. Legal-economic theorists …