Original article
Prevalence and time trends in myopia among children and adolescents
Results of the German KiGGS study
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2020; 117: 855-60. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0855
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For technical reasons, the English full text will be published approximately two weeks after the German print edition has been published.
*Die Autoren teilen sich die Letztautorenschaft
Augenklinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz: Prof. Dr. med. Alexander K. Schuster, MSc, Clara Kuchenbäcker, Dr. med. Heike Elflein, Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Pfeiffer
Abteilung für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin: Dr. phil. Laura Krause, Dr. med. Franziska Prütz, MPH
Abteilung für Pädiatrische Epidemiologie, Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Epidemiologie und Informatik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz: Prof. Dr. med. Michael S. Urschitz, MSc
Augenklinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz: Prof. Dr. med. Alexander K. Schuster, MSc, Clara Kuchenbäcker, Dr. med. Heike Elflein, Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Pfeiffer
Abteilung für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsmonitoring, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin: Dr. phil. Laura Krause, Dr. med. Franziska Prütz, MPH
Abteilung für Pädiatrische Epidemiologie, Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Epidemiologie und Informatik, Universitätsmedizin Mainz: Prof. Dr. med. Michael S. Urschitz, MSc
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