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A Systematic Review Of Epidemiological Literature On The Eye Health Of Marginalized Fishing Populations, Khabir Ahmad, Anthony B. Zwi, Daniel J. Tarantola,, Bal Chand
A Systematic Review Of Epidemiological Literature On The Eye Health Of Marginalized Fishing Populations, Khabir Ahmad, Anthony B. Zwi, Daniel J. Tarantola,, Bal Chand
Department of Surgery
Abstract
A systematic review was conducted in December 2013 to examine the extent to which health research has been focused on the eyehealth issues of fishing communities. We searched multiple databases to identify relevant citations, using a combination of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and text words representing eye health, fishing populations and measures of disease frequency. The search yielded only 4 studies, described in 5 articles. Three studies (one each in Turkey, Egypt and Spain) provided data on self-reported eye problems in fishermen or fishery workers, with prevalence ranging from 38% to 81%. There was only one study in the …