Prevalence and Risk Factors of Myopia in Victoria, Australia
Open Access
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 117 (5) , 658-663
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.117.5.658
Abstract
MYOPIA IS CAUSED by an incongruity between the power of the optical elements of the eye and the axial length so that corrective lenses or other refractive treatment is required to produce a clear image.Keywords
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