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It is well‐established that nearwork is a primary, environmentally based factor in the development and progression of myopia... | It is well‐established that nearwork is a primary, environmentally based factor in the development and progression of myopia... | ||
==Evidence that it is elongation that causes myopia== | |||
{{cite journal| author=McBrien NA, Adams DW| title=A longitudinal investigation of adult-onset and adult-progression of myopia in an occupational group. Refractive and biometric findings. | journal=Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | year= 1997 | volume= 38 | issue= 2 | pages= 321-33 | pmid=9040464 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9040464 }} | |||
Conclusions: The structural cause of adult-onset and adult-progression of myopia is vitreous chamber elongation. |