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Prevalence and 5- to 6-year incidence and progression of myopia and hyperopia in Australian schoolchildren

Date

Authors

French, Amanda N

Morgan, Ian

Burlutsky, George

Mitchell, Paul

Rose, Kathryn A

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the prevalence, incidence, and change in refractive errors for Australian schoolchildren and examine the impact of ethnicity and sex. Design: Population-based cohort study. Participants: The Sydney Adolescent Vascular and Eye Study,

Keywords

Keywords: adolescent; article; Asian; Australia; child; cohort analysis; controlled study; cross-sectional study; disease course; ethnicity; European American; female; follow up; human; hypermetropia; longitudinal study; major clinical study; male; morbidity; myopi

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74547

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Ophthalmology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.12.018

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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