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Near work, screen time, outdoor time and myopia in schoolchildren in the Sunflower Myopia AEEC Consortium.

Carla Costa LançaJason C S YamWen-Jun JiangYih-Chung ThamMohammad Hassan EmamianChuen Seng TanYin GuoHu LiuHua ZhongDan ZhuYuan-Yuan HuRohit SaxenaHassan HashemiLi-Jia ChenTien-Yin WongChing-Yu ChengChi-Pui PangHui ZhuChen-Wei PanYuan Bo LiangAkbar FotouhiHong-Sheng BiJost Bruno JonasSeang-Mei Sawnull null
Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (2021)
In this study, increased reading and writing and decreased outdoor time were associated with myopia. Screen time may be a surrogate factor of near work or outdoor time, but further research is needed to assess its role as an independent risk factor for myopia.
Keyphrases
  • air pollution
  • optic nerve
  • particulate matter
  • high throughput
  • working memory