Open AccessComparison of retinopathy of prematurity incidence between Turkish citizens and Syrian refugees
Author(s) -
Sabit Kimyon,
Pelin Çelemler,
Alper Mete,
Kıvanç Güngör
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1639_18
Subject(s) - medicine , syrian refugees , turkish , retinopathy of prematurity , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , gestational age , turkish population , birth weight , neonatal intensive care unit , population , refugee , pregnancy , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , genetics , physics , biochemistry , archaeology , chemistry , biology , gene , genotype , optics , history
More than 3.5 million Syrians came to Turkey seeking refuge and over 470,000 Syrian infants were born since the start of the civil war in 2011. Our aim is to compare the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) between Syrian refugees and Turkish citizens.