Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Ophthalmic Epidemiology: Current Concepts to Digital Strategies provides a comprehensive guide to graduate students, ophthalmologists, and researchers in ophthalmic epidemiology. It covers recently developed new methodologies, technologies and resources in ocular epidemiological research, such as telemedicine, disease registries, EMR, bio-banks and omics. This book also summarizes recent epidemiological findings and provides up-to-date data on ocular diseases. Furthermore, it introduces and discusses the uses of epidemiology in the evaluation of health services and population screening programs and reviews the application of epidemiology in intervention trials in the communities.

Key Features

• Comprehensive guide to the epidemiology of common eye diseases
• Provides updates on the prevalence and risk factors of eye diseases
• Outlines how epidemiological techniques can be utilized to evaluate ophthalmic health services and programs