Prevalence of myopia and its risk factors in urban school children in Delhi: the North India Myopia Study (NIM Study)

Assess prevalence of myopia and identify associated risk factors in urban school children. This was a cross-sectional study screening children for sub-normal vision and refractive errors in Delhi. Vision was tested by trained health workers using ETDRS charts. Risk factor questionnaire was filled fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2015-02, Vol.10 (2), p.e0117349-e0117349
Hauptverfasser:	Saxena, Rohit, Vashist, Praveen, Tandon, Radhika, Pandey, R M, Bhardawaj, Amit, Menon, Vimala, Mani, Kalaivani
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	Assess prevalence of myopia and identify associated risk factors in urban school children. This was a cross-sectional study screening children for sub-normal vision and refractive errors in Delhi. Vision was tested by trained health workers using ETDRS charts. Risk factor questionnaire was filled for children with vision
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0117349