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Titolo |
Epidemiology of eye disease / edited by Gordon J. Johnson ... [et al.] |
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London : Imperial College Press |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific, 2012 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xix, 645 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Eye - Diseases - Epidemology |
Blindness - Prevention and control |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes biliographical references and index |
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Nota di contenuto |
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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Prevalence, incidence and distribution of visual impairment / G. V. S. Murthy and Gordon Johnson -- SECTION 2: METHODOLOGY -- 2. Epidemiological research methods: an outline / Darwin Minassian and Hannah Kuper -- 3. Cross-sectional studies / Darwin Minassian and Hannah Kuper -- 4. Case-control studies / Astrid Fletcher -- 5. Cohort studies / Emily Herrett and Hannah Kuper -- 6. Genetic epidemiology / Christopher Hammond -- 7. Clinical trials / Maureen Maguire -- 8. Screening in ophthalmology / Richarad Wormald and Robert Lindfield -- 9. Research synthesis / Jennifer Evans and Richard Wormald -- SECTION 3: SPECIFIC ENTITIES -- 10. Age-related cataract / Emily Gower and Sheila West -- 11. Epidemiology of refractive errors and presbyopia / Leslie Hyman and Ilesh Patel -- 12. The epidemiology of low vision / Gary Rubin -- 13. Glaucoma / Paul Foster and Harry Quigley -- 14. Visual impairment and blindness in children -- 14a.Magnitude and causes / Clare Gilbert and Jugnoo Rahi -- 14b.Vitamin A deficiency disorders / Keith West Jr. and Alfred Sommer -- 14c.Ophthalmia neonatorum / Volker Klauss and Ulrich Schaller -- |
Contents note continued: 14d.Corneal disease in children / Clare Gilbert -- 14e.Cataract in children / Edward Wilson and Rupal Trivedi -- 14f.Glaucoma in children / Maria Papadopoulos and Peng Tee Khaw |
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-- 14g.Retinopathy of prematurity / Subhadra Jalali and Graham Quinn -- 15.Dry eye disease / Debra Schaumberg and Giulio Ferrari -- 16.Corneal and external diseases -- 16a.Microbial keratitis / John Whitcher, Mathua Srinivasan and Madan Upadhyay -- 16b.Viral infectious keratoconjunctivitis / Stephen Tuft and Bita Manzouri -- 16c.Acanthamoeba keratitis / Stephanie Watson and John Dart -- 16d.Ocular manifestations of leprosy / Paul Courtright and Susan Lewallen -- 16e.Vernal keratoconjunctivitis / Stephen Tuft and Bita Manzouri -- 16f.Mooren's ulcer / Stephen Tuft and Bita Manzouri -- 16g.Climatic droplet keratopathy / Gordon Johnson -- 16h.Pterygium / Gordon Johnson -- 17.Epidemiology of trachoma / Sheila West and Robin Bailey -- 18.Onchocerciasis / Adrian Hopkins -- 19.The epidemiology of uveitis / Jennifer Thorne and Douglas Jabs -- 20.Ocular complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection / John Kempen -- 21.Diabetic retinopathy / Barbara Klein and Ronald Klein -- 22.Age-related macular degeneration / Jennifer Evans and Tien Wong -- |
Contents note continued: SECTION 4 PREVENTION STRATEGIES -- 23.From epidemiology to programme / Robert Lindfield, Hans Limburg and Allen Foster -- 24.Global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness / Robert Lindfield, Ivo Kocur, Hans Limburg and Allen Foster |
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