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Prevalence of myopia and uncorrected myopia among 721 032 schoolchildren in a city-wide vision screening in southern China: the Shantou Myopia Study

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  • Hongxi Wang Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yuancun Li Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kunliang Qiu Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Riping Zhang Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Xuehui Lu Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Li Luo Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jian-Wei Lin Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yanlin Lu Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dan Zhang Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peiting Guo Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yong Yang Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Liu Jing Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yingzi Huang Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Qian Ma Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ruiqing Zhou Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yunxuan Ou Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Quanwen Chen Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Youming Zhou Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dandan Deng Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Can Li Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jason C Yam Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Li Jia Chen Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chi-Pui Pang Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mingzhi Zhang Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mingzhi Zhang, Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, Guangdong, China; zmz{at}jsiec.org
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Wang H, Li Y, Qiu K, et al
Prevalence of myopia and uncorrected myopia among 721 032 schoolchildren in a city-wide vision screening in southern China: the Shantou Myopia Study
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2023;107:1798-1805.

Publication history

  • Received December 14, 2021
  • Accepted September 4, 2022
  • First published October 5, 2022.
Online issue publication 
November 22, 2023

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