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| Title: | Does education explain ethnic differences in myopia prevalence? A population-based study of young adult males in Singapore | Authors: | Wu, H.-M. Seet, B. Yap, E.P.-H. Saw, S.-M. Lim, T.-H. Chia, K.-S. |
Keywords: | Education Ethnicity Myopia Prevalence Singapore |
Issue Date: | 2001 | Citation: | Wu, H.-M.,Seet, B.,Yap, E.P.-H.,Saw, S.-M.,Lim, T.-H.,Chia, K.-S. (2001). Does education explain ethnic differences in myopia prevalence? A population-based study of young adult males in Singapore. Optometry and Vision Science 78 (4) : 234-239. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Purpose. To study interethnic variation in myopia prevalence and severity in young adult males in Singapore and to determine whether these variations are related to differences in education level. Methods. A population-based survey of refractive errors in a cohort of 15,095 military conscripts between July 1996 and June 1997 using noncycloplegic autorefraction and a standard questionnaire. Prevalence rates of myopia ( | Source Title: | Optometry and Vision Science | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/113445 | ISSN: | 10405488 |
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