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The geospatial relationship of pterygium and senile cataract with ambient solar ultraviolet in tropical Ecuador

Published:2018 Issue:8 Volume:17 Page:1075-1083
ISSN:1474-905X
Container-title:Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.

Author:

Garźon-Chavez Daniel R.¹²³⁴⁵,Quentin Emmanuelle⁶⁷³⁴^ORCID,Harrison Simone L.⁵⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹^ORCID,Parisi Alfio V.¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹¹^ORCID,Butler Harry J.¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹¹^ORCID,Downs Nathan J.¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Medicine

2. Universidad San Francisco de Quito

3. Quito

4. Ecuador

5. College of Public Health

6. EpiSiG

7. Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública

8. Medical and Veterinary Sciences

9. James Cook University

10. Townsville

11. Australia

12. Faculty of Health

13. Engineering and Sciences

14. University of Southern Queensland

15. Toowoomba

Abstract

The distribution of modelled surface ultraviolet for Ecuador, South America was determined by satellite observation and compared to national pterygium (WHO ICD H11) and senile cataract (WHO ICD H25) incidence.

Funder

James Cook University

University of Southern Queensland

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/PP/C8PP00023A

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