Prevalence of myopia among urban and suburban school children in Tamil Nadu, South India: findings from the Sankara Nethralaya Tamil Nadu Essilor Myopia (STEM) Study.
Aparna GopalakrishnanJameel Rizwana HussaindeenViswanathan SivaramanMeenakshi SwaminathanYee Ling WongJames Andrew ArmitageAlex GentleSimon BackhousePublished in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) (2022)
The baseline prevalence of myopia among 5- to 16-year-old children in South India is larger than that found in previous studies, indicating that myopia is becoming a major public health problem in this country.