The epidemiology of eye disease / edited by Gordon J. Johnson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Gordon J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eye--Diseases--Epidemiology.

Eye.

Ocular manifestations of general diseases.

Eye Diseases--epidemiology.

Blindness--prevention & control.

Vision Screening--organization & administration.

Eye--Diseases.

Epidemiology.

Medical Subjects:

Eye Diseases--epidemiology.

Blindness--prevention & control.

Vision Screening--organization & administration.

Physical Description:

xvi, 403 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Arnold ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Epidemiology of the Eye Disease provides practising ophthalmologists and public health officials, as well as students with definitive information on both the epidemiology and prevention of eye disease. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout for the second edition, the content has been enlarged by the addition of new sections on clinical trials, molecular epidemiology and refractive errors. The revision also has a much-enhanced international flavor with many new contributing authors, and reflects the considerable experience gained by the editors through their respective associations with the highly regarded course run at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. The second edition of Epidemiology of Eye Disease continues to be a one-stop source of relevant information derived from all major epidemiological studies on the prevalence, risk factors and distribution of eye disease, to be referred to frequently by students and practitioners.

Contents:

Sect. 1 Introduction

1 Prevalence, incidence and distribution of visual impairment / Gordon J. Johnson and Allen Foster

Sect. 2 Methodology 2 Epidemiological research methods: an outline / Darwin C. Minassian

3 Cross-sectional studies / Darwin C. Minassian

4 Case-control and cohort studies: applications in studies of age-related cataract / M. Cristina Leske and Suh-Yuh Wu

5 Genetic epidemiology / Christopher Hammond and Clare Gilbert

6 Clinical trials / Maureen G. Maguire

Screening in ophthalmology / Richard Wormald

Sect. 3 Specific entities

8 Age-related cataract / Nathan G. Congdon and Hugh R. Taylor

9 The evaluation of cataract programs / Hans Limburg and Oliver D. Schein

10 Refractive errors and presbyopia / Robert A. Weale

11 Low vision / Gary S. Rubin

12 Trachoma / Shelia K. West and Robin Bailey

13 Corneal and external diseases

13a Ophthalmia neonatorum / Volker Klauss and Ulrich C. Schaller

13b Microbial keratitis / J. P. Whitcher, M. Srinivasan and M. P. Upadhyay

13c Viral infectious keratoconjunctivitis / Stephen Tuft

13d Acanthameoeba keratitis / Stephanie Watson and John KG Dart

13e Vernal keratoconjunctivitis / Stephen Tuft

13f Mooren's ulcer / Stephen Tuft

13g Climatic droplet keratopathy / Gordon J. Johnson

13h Pterygium / Gordon J. Johnson

14 The glaucomas / Gordon J. Johnson and Harry A. Quigley

15 The epidemiology of vitamin A deficiency disorders (VADD) / Keith P. West Jr and Donald McLaren

17 Onchoceriasis / Brian OL Duke

18 Ocular manifestations of leprosy / Paul Courtright and Susan Lewallen

19 Ocular complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection / John H. Kempen and Douglas A. Jabs

20 Diabetic retinopathy / Barbara EK Klein and Ronald Klein

21 Age-related macular degeneration / Jennifer Evans

Sect. 4 Prevention strategies 22 VISION 2020: from epidemiology to program / Allen Foster

Index.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0340808926

OCLC:

51315795