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Myopia, lifestyle and schooling in students of Chinese ethnicity in Singapore and Sydney

Date

Authors

Rose, Kathryn A

Morgan, Ian

Smith, Wayne T

Burlutsky, George

Mitchell, Paul

Saw, Seang-Mei

Publisher

American Medical Association

Abstract

Objective: To compare the prevalence and risk factors for myopia in 6- and 7-year-old children of Chinese ethnicity in Sydney and Singapore. Methods: Two cross-sectional samples of age- and ethnicity-matched primary school children participated: 124 from

Keywords

Keywords: article; Australia; biometry; child; Chinese; cohort analysis; controlled study; cross-sectional study; ethnicity; eye refraction; female; human; lifestyle; major clinical study; male; myopia; prevalence; primary school; priority journal; questionnaire; r

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/61151

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Archives of Ophthalmology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1001/archopht.126.4.527

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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