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The effect of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward on the prevalence of myopia

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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  1. Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

    Ya Xing Wang, Liang Xu & Jost B. Jonas

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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Wang, Y.X., Xu, L. & Jonas, J.B. The effect of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward on the prevalence of myopia. Eur J Epidemiol 28, 1001–1004 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9858-z

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