Global variations and time trends in the prevalence of childhood myopia, a systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis: Implications for aetiology and early prevention

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 882-890

  Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Kapetanakis, Venediktos V ^a   Wathern, Andrea K ^a   Logan, Nicola S ^b   Gilmartin, Bernard ^b   Whincup, Peter H ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a   Owen, Christopher G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPOREAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTOR;

CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84962141638     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307724     Document Type: Review

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