Year: 1966
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: TOTAL population studies are the only certain way of gaining reliable information on the prevalence of insidious conditions like chronic simple glaucoma.The sine qua non of a total population study is exact knowledge of the composition of the popula- tion.In the Rhondda valley the Medical Research Council has laboriously carried out a census so that the exact number of persons and their age and sex are known for this area.Over the past 15 years the M.R.C. has earned the co-operation of this population by its efforts in detecting miners' pneumoconiosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, and other diseases.Such a situation was admirably suited for a total population study of the prevalence of glaucoma, and in the summer of 1963 the authors carried out such a study.To our knowledge the only previous similar study is that done by Str6mberg (1962) at Skovde in Sweden.The aims of our study were fourfold:
Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology
Authors: F. C. Hollows, P. A. Graham
Institutions: Cardiff Royal Infirmary, UNSW Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2140207819