Trends in the prevalence and burden of blindness and vision loss among adolescents aged 10-24 years in the Western Pacific Region over 30 years

• Main Authors: Yunjiao Luo (Author), Qingzhi Wang (Author), Yingxue Wang (Author), Louisa Esi Mackay (Author), Na Yan (Author), Yuhao Wang (Author), Blen Dereje Shiferaw (Author), Yihan Wang (Author), Jingjing Wang (Author), Jie Tang (Author), Ya Liao (Author), Xiaojuan Wang (Author), Wei Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study aimed to understand the vision health status of adolescents in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data from 1990 to 2019. Methods We conducted a comprehensive analysis of blindness and vision loss using GBD data from 1990 to 2019, ana...