Effect of outdoor activity on myopia onset and progression in school-aged children in northeast china: the sujiatun eye care study

Jin, Juxiang; Hua, Wenjuan; Jiang, Xuan; Wu, Xiaoyan; Yang, Jiwen; Gao, Guopeng; Fang, Yun; Pei, Chenlu; Wang, Song; Zhang, Jie-Zheng; Tao, Liming; Tao, Fangbiao

doi:10.1186/s12886-015-0052-9

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Effect of outdoor activity on myopia onset and progression in school-aged children in northeast china: the sujiatun eye care study

Published in BMC Ophthalmology • Jul 7, 2015

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Juxiang Jin

Wenjuan Hua

Xuan Jiang

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Due to its high prevalence and associated sight-threatening pathologies, myopia has emerged as a major health issue in East Asia. The purpose was to test the impact on myopia development of a school-based intervention program aimed at increasing the time student spent outdoors. METHODS: ...

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