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Volume 155, Number 22 (May 29, 1999)

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Might night-lights blight sight?

Babies exposed to light at night grow up to have a higher incidence of nearsightedness than babies who slept in the dark.

References:

Quinn, G.E. . . . M.G. Maguire, et al. 1999. Myopia and ambient lighting at night. Nature 399(May 13):113.

Sources:

Maureen G. Maguire
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology
Scheie Eye Institute
Philadelphia, PA 19104

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 22, May 29, 1999, p. 351. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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