Most information on the harmful health effects of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) has been
obtained in populations in which the majority has fair skin. Here a systematic review of …

Purpose Motorcycle-related injuries involving the eye and orbit are not well characterized,
with a paucity of prospective studies focusing specifically on motorcycle-associated eye …

Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of
pterygium among adults living in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods A cross sectional …

Introduction A pterygium is a wing-shaped fibro-vascular growth of conjunctiva on the
superficial cornea/conjunctiva. It is an elastotic degeneration of conjunctival stroma mainly …

Objective: To determine the prevalenceof and associated risk factors for pterygiumin the
high altitude communities of the Upper Mustang region of Nepal, near the Tibet border …

PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF PTERYGIUM AMONG COMMER- CIAL MOTORCYCLE
RIDERS IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA Page 1 September 2014 Volume 48, Number 3 GHANA …

Background. The relative importance of environmental and hereditary factors in the
occurrence of pterygium in African blacks has not been reported. Aim. To investigate the …

Commercial motorcycles have posed a lot of hazards usually in form of accidents which are
often serious and fatal. Using ABU, Zaria as a case study, this survey aims to assess the …

Objective: To determine the pattern and risk factors of pterygium in adults at the Guinness
Eye Centre Onitsha, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Consecutive adults aged≥ 30 years …

There has been an increased understanding of the protective effect of two or more hours in
high lux light on the development and progression of myopia. The aim of myopia …