Review of juvenile myopia risk factors

Myopia is the most important cause of visual impairment in adolescents. However, its etiology is complex. In recent years, a large number of epidemiological studies have been done on risk factors of myopia. Most of these studies is cross-sectional study, not longitudinal cohort study. Overall, the i...

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Main Authors: Yi-Fan Liu, Zhi-Yan Jia, Ping Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2016-07-01
Series:Guoji Yanke Zazhi
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Online Access:http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2016/7/201607017.pdf
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spelling doaj-52f889e33f35424ea8d9a892ab87a1b22020-11-24T21:07:57ZengPress of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)Guoji Yanke Zazhi1672-51231672-51232016-07-011671276127810.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2016.7.17Review of juvenile myopia risk factorsYi-Fan Liu0Zhi-Yan Jia1Ping Liu2Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang Province, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang Province, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang Province, ChinaMyopia is the most important cause of visual impairment in adolescents. However, its etiology is complex. In recent years, a large number of epidemiological studies have been done on risk factors of myopia. Most of these studies is cross-sectional study, not longitudinal cohort study. Overall, the incidence of myopia is the result of the interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental exposure. This review is about the risk factors for myopia.http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2016/7/201607017.pdfadolescentsmyopiarisk factorsrisk factors
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author Yi-Fan Liu
Zhi-Yan Jia
Ping Liu
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Zhi-Yan Jia
Ping Liu
Review of juvenile myopia risk factors
Guoji Yanke Zazhi
adolescents
myopia
risk factors
risk factors
author_facet Yi-Fan Liu
Zhi-Yan Jia
Ping Liu
author_sort Yi-Fan Liu
title Review of juvenile myopia risk factors
title_short Review of juvenile myopia risk factors
title_full Review of juvenile myopia risk factors
title_fullStr Review of juvenile myopia risk factors
title_full_unstemmed Review of juvenile myopia risk factors
title_sort review of juvenile myopia risk factors
publisher Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)
series Guoji Yanke Zazhi
issn 1672-5123
1672-5123
publishDate 2016-07-01
description Myopia is the most important cause of visual impairment in adolescents. However, its etiology is complex. In recent years, a large number of epidemiological studies have been done on risk factors of myopia. Most of these studies is cross-sectional study, not longitudinal cohort study. Overall, the incidence of myopia is the result of the interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental exposure. This review is about the risk factors for myopia.
topic adolescents
myopia
risk factors
risk factors
url http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2016/7/201607017.pdf
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