Near work, outdoor activity, and myopia in children in rural China: the Handan offspring myopia study

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Lin Zhong · Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College

Tie Ying Gao · Han Dan City Eye Hospital - The Third Hospital of Handan

Balamurali Vasudevan · Midwestern University

Kenneth J. Ciuffreda · SUNY College of Optometry

Yuanbo Liang · Wenzhou Medical University

Vishal Jhanji · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Su Jie Fan

Abstract

In general, no association between near work and myopia was found, except for the high near work subgroup with moderate outdoor activity levels. A weak protective effect of outdoor activity on myopia in Chinese rural children was observed.

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Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Corneal surgery and disorders Retinal Diseases and Treatments

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Published in: BMC Ophthalmology

Volume 17, Issue 1, pp. 203-203

DOI: 10.1186/s12886-017-0598-9

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Near work, outdoor activity, and myopia in children in rural China: the Handan offspring myopia study

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