Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projection...
Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections
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Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study , Cheng, Ching-Yu , Wang, Ningli , Wong, Tien Y , Congdon, Nathan , He, Mingguang , Wang, Ya Xing , Braithwaite, Tasanee , Casson, Robert J , Cicinelli, Maria Vittoria , Das, Aditi , Flaxman, Seth R , Jonas, Jost B , Keeffe, Jill Elizabeth , Kempen, John H , Leasher, Janet , Limburg, Hans , Naidoo, Kovin , Pesudovs, Konrad , Resnikoff, Serge , Silvester, Alexander J , Tahhan, Nina , Taylor, Hugh R and Bourne, Rupert R A
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England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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BackgroundTo determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment (VI) in East Asia in 2015 and to forecast the trend to 2020.MethodsThrough a systematic literature review and meta-analysis, we estimated prevalence of blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60 in the better eye), moderate-to-severe vision impairment (MSVI; 3/60≤pre...
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Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections
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Cheng, Ching-Yu
Wang, Ningli
Wong, Tien Y
Congdon, Nathan
He, Mingguang
Wang, Ya Xing
Braithwaite, Tasanee
Casson, Robert J
Cicinelli, Maria Vittoria
Das, Aditi
Flaxman, Seth R
Jonas, Jost B
Keeffe, Jill Elizabeth
Kempen, John H
Leasher, Janet
Limburg, Hans
Naidoo, Kovin
Pesudovs, Konrad
Resnikoff, Serge
Silvester, Alexander J
Tahhan, Nina
Taylor, Hugh R
Bourne, Rupert R A
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2282499260
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2282499260
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0007-1161
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1468-2079
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10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-313308
