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Regional variations and temporal trends of childhood myopia prevalence in Africa: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PURPOSE: To provide contemporary and future estimates of childhood myopia prevalence in Africa. METHODS: A systematic online literature search was conducted for articles on childhood (≤18 years) myopia (spherical equivalent [SE] ≤ −0.50D; high myopia: SE ≤ −6.00D) in Africa. Population‐ or school‐ba...

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Autores principales: Kobia‐Acquah, Emmanuel, Flitcroft, Daniel Ian, Akowuah, Prince Kwaku, Lingham, Gareth, Loughman, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9804554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35959749
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.13035