Incidence and progression of myopia and associated factors in urban school children in Delhi: The North India Myopia Study (NIM Study).

To evaluate the incidence and progression of myopia and factors associated with progression of myopia in school going children in Delhi.Prospective longitudinal study of 10,000 school children aged 5 to 15 years screened after an interval of 1 year to identify new myopes (Spherical Equivalent≤ -0.5D...

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Main Authors: Rohit Saxena, Praveen Vashist, Radhika Tandon, Ravindra M Pandey, Amit Bhardawaj, Vivek Gupta, Vimala Menon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5734754?pdf=render