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Letter: Letter

Published 14 December 2002

From Andy Coghlan

• It is encouraging that Douglas Dickie thinks the practice of undercorrection is dying out in Britain. However, as we pointed out in the story, myopia is reaching epidemic proportions in places such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, where the practice of undercorrection is very much the norm, with parents often demanding it.

Issue no. 2373 published 14 December 2002

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