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Tobacco consumption is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and premature death but little is known about its deleterious effect on the ocular health of workers handling tobacco. The goal of this study was to identify probable effects of occupational tobacco exposure among south
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect of tobacco smoking on healing of corneal abrasions and keratitis in humans.
METHODS
A retrospective chart review of patients diagnosed with corneal abrasions and corneal ulcers from 1990 to 2010 at the Dean McGee Eye Institute was performed. The primary outcome
Although the risk of developing contact lens associated microbial keratitis is small, the potential consequences of this condition, such as vision loss, are serious. This paper presents an analysis of the risk factors that have been identified for contact lens induced microbial keratitis, which