Open AccessEffects of Long-Wavelength Lighting on Refractive Development in Infant Rhesus Monkeys
Author(s) -
Earl Smith,
LiFang Hung,
Baskar Arumugam,
Brien A. Holden,
Maureen Neitz,
Jay Neitz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.15-17025
Subject(s) - wavelength , medicine , optics , physics
Differences in the spectral composition of lighting between indoor and outdoor scenes may contribute to the higher prevalence of myopia in children who spend low amounts of time outdoors. Our goal was to determine whether environments dominated by long-wavelength light promote the development of myopia.
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