Rationale and methodology for a population-based study of eye diseases in Malay people: The Singapore Malay eye study (SiMES)

Foong AW 1 , Saw SM , Loo JL , Shen S , Loon SC , Rosman M Show all authors , Aung T , Tan DT , Tai ES , Wong TY

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  • 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 2007 Jan-Feb;14(1):25-35.
PMID: 17365815

Abstract

Although there are approximately 200 million people of Malay ethnicity living in Asia, the burden and risk factors of blinding eye diseases in this ethnic group are unknown. This study summarizes the rationale and study design of a population-based study of eye diseases among adult Malays in Singapore.

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