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Impact of varying the definition of myopia on estimates of prevalence and associations with risk factors: time for an approach that serves research, practice and policy

BACKGROUND: Refractive error is an increasing global public health concern that requires robust and reliable research to identify modifiable risk factors and provide accurate estimates of population burden. We investigated the impact of reclassification of individuals when using different threshold...

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Autores principales: Cumberland, Phillippa M, Bountziouka, Vasiliki, Rahi, Jugnoo S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29437571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311557