Christian G. Cavazos-Salias, Natalia Montemayor-Saldaña, Lucy Salum-Rodríguez, Juan E. Villarreal-Del Moral, M. Garza-León
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Background and Objective: Myopia has become a public health problem, so it is important to know the prevalence of myopia in different populations, like in medical students who are considered a risk group. Our objective was to know the prevalence of myopia in medical students of the University of Monterrey, as well as to study the associated risk factors.