Epidemiology of myopia.

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Published in Epidemiol Rev on January 01, 1996

Authors

S M Saw1, J Katz, O D Schein, S J Chew, T K Chan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Myopia:the Role of Cone Opsin Mutations & Glasses That Control Axial Elongation | NCT01923675

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