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Review

. 1996;18(2):175-87.

doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017924.

Epidemiology of myopia

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

Affiliations

PMID: 9021311
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017924

Review

Epidemiology of myopia

S M Saw et al. Epidemiol Rev. 1996.

. 1996;18(2):175-87.

doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017924.

Authors

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

Affiliation

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

PMID: 9021311
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017924

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