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Prevalence of refractive errors in students in Northeastern Brazil

Carlos Alexandre de Amorim Garcia, Fernando Oréfice, Gabrielle Fernandes Dutra Nobre, Dilene de Brito Souza, Marta Liliane Ramalho Rocha, Raul Navarro Garrido Vianna

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia · 2005 · 31 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

The results found differed from those of most international studies, mainly from the Orient, which pointed to myopia as the most common refractive error, and corroborates the national ones, with the majority being hyperopia.

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Epidemiologic study of the prevalence and severity of myopia among schoolchildren in Taiwan in 2000

Long Lin, Ya‐Hsueh Shih, Chuhsing Kate Hsiao et al. · AH-Scopus to ORCID · 2001 · 368 citations

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Epidemiologic study of the prevalence and severity of myopia among schoolchildren in Taiwan in 2000.

Lian‐Yu Lin, Yang‐Hsin Shih, Chuhsing Kate Hsiao et al. · PubMed · 2001 · 153 citations

Darkness and near work

Jane Loman, Graham E. Quinn, Layla Kamoun et al. · Ophthalmology · 2002 · 140 citations

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Refractive Errors in Singapore and Xiamen, China—A Comparative Study in School Children Aged 6 to 7 Years

Mingzhi Zhang, Seang‐Mei Saw, Rong-Zhao Hong et al. · Optometry and Vision Science · 2000 · 106 citations

Prevalence of myopia in a sample of Greek students

Thomas A. Mavracanas, Achilleas Mandalos, Dimitrios Peios et al. · Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica · 2000 · 58 citations · Full text

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