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A comparative assessment of dry eye disease among outdoor street sweepers and indoor office cleaners

BMC Ophthalmology, 2021
Background Occupational predisposition to dry eye disease is known. Simultaneous exposure to multiple factors may pose more risk. Street sweepers are exposed to sunlight in addition to dust which all sweepers are exposed to.
Chigozie I. Echieh, Bassey A. Etim, Chidiebere Peter Echieh, Taiwo Oyeniyi, Jeff Ajewole   +4 more
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Prevalence of dry eye disease among visual display terminal office users in Uyo, Nigeria

Ibom Medical Journal, 2023
Context: Dry eye disease (DED) results from loss of tear film homeostasis. Increase use of visual display terminals (VDT) by individuals and professionals increases the risk of DED.
Abraham EG, Motilewa OO, Itina EI
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Penetrating orbital injuries from plant material during pond and river diving

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Diving into lakes and ponds is a common activity of rural children. We present two cases of penetrating orbital injuries from plant matter sustained in this manner.
Usha R Kim, Kavitha R Sivaraman
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Prevalence of eye disease in early childhood and associated factors: findings from the millennium cohort study.

, 2010
PURPOSE: To report the prevalence and distribution of eye conditions and visual impairment and associations with early social and biological factors using parental report of diagnosed eye conditions and additional chronic illnesses.
Pathai, Sophia, Rahi, Jugnoo S, Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group, Cumberland, Phillippa M, Sophia Pathai, Jugnoo S. Rahi, Phillippa M. Cumberland   +6 more
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Blindness and visual impairment due to age-related cataract in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of recent population-based studies. [PDF]

, 2013
AIM: We aimed to evaluate age-related cataract as a contributor to blindness and visual impairment (VI) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). METHODS: A systematic review of population-based studies published between 2000 and October 2012.
Sherwin, Justin C, Bastawrous, Andrew, Dean, William H   +2 more
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Prevalence and Determinants of Symptomatic Dry Eye Disease Among Adult Urban Residents of High-Altitude Areas of Southwest Saudi Arabia – A Survey

, 2023
Saad Abbas Aldawsari,1 Nazih Alzaidi,2 Maram EA Abdalla Elsayed,3 Abdullah Ahmed Alhammadi,4 Hadeel Khaled Alharthi,1 Abdulrahman Alosaimi,5 Yahya Al-Najmi6 1Ophthalmology Department, King Faisal Medical Complex, Taif, Saudi Arabia; 2Ophthalmology ...
Abdalla Elsayed ME, Alosaimi A, Alharthi HK, Aldawsari SA, Al-Najmi Y, Alhammadi AA, Alzaidi N   +6 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for diabetes and diabetic retinopathy: results from the Nigeria national blindness and visual impairment survey. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, urbanisation and increasing life expectancy are likely to increase the incidence of non-communicable diseases. As the epidemic of diabetes matures, visual loss from diabetic retinopathy (DR) will increase unless mechanisms for ...
Kyari, Fatima, Peto, Tunde; id_orcid, Murthy, Gudlavalleti VS, Fatima Kyari, Gudlavalleti VS Murthy, Gilbert, Clare E, Peto, Tunde, Tunde Peto, Tafida, Abubakar, Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study Group, Sivasubramaniam, Selvaraj, Abubakar Tafida, Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S, Clare E Gilbert, Selvaraj Sivasubramaniam   +14 more
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The correlation between keratoconus and eye rubbing: a review [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory disorder which is gradual in development; corneal thinning and ectatic protrusion characterizes it. Keratoconus prevalence varies between different regions depending on several factors that affecting its prevalence ...
Hatim Najmi, Yara Mobarki, Khalid Mania, Bashaer Altowairqi, Mohammed Basehi, Mohammed Salih Mahfouz, Mona Elmahdy   +6 more
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Prevalence of Dry Eye Disease in the Elderly: A Protocol of Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

, 2020
Previous epidemiological evidence has revealed important heterogeneity of dry eye disease(DED), prevalence ranging from 5% to 87.5% in general population across the world.
yanlin zheng
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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source