TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Industrial ocular morbidity in a north Indian town
JO  - Indian journal of public health
A1  - Titiyal, J. S.
A1  - Murthy, G. V.
SP  - 29
EP  - 33
VL  - 42
IS  - 2
N2  - A study on industrial ocular morbidity was carried out in 6 industrial establishments at Saharanpur. The mean age of the respondents was 35.3 years. 58.2% were regular floor staff. 10.6% professed suffering from an industrial ocular injury. 60% of these injuries were sustained by ocular metallic trauma. 51.9% complained of ocular symptoms at the time of the survey. The frequency of ocular complaints increased with age. The point prevalence of ocular morbidity was 746.03/1000 industrial workers. Refractive errors were the commonest ocular condition (56.7%) observed, followed by Trachoma (32.6%). The highest prevalence of morbidity was recorded among workers above 44 years. Clerical and managerial personnel had higher prevalence compared to other jobs. Only 3.6% of the floor workers were using protective devices while on the job.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-557X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -