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  Vol. 119 No. 9, September 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Epidemiology in Ophthalmology

Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:1374-1375.

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A 1980 ARTICLE ENTITLED "Epidemiology in Ophthalmology"1 lamented the fact that, ". . . ophthalmology, like many other medical specialties, is steeped in tradition and places great value on expert opinion." The article advocated for a more scientifically rigorous, epidemiological approach to the study of ophthalmic diseases and their treatments. Now, 2 decades later, it is time to reexamine the definition of epidemiology and its role in ophthalmology and to explore whether and how ophthalmic epidemiology has matured over the ensuing years.

The fact that a particular disease is not randomly distributed throughout a population, but appears with varying frequency in different subgroups, is implicit in the definition of epidemiology. By investigating the uneven distribution of disease and the factors that influence it, epidemiology provides the foundation for disease prevention and control. The identification of risk factors for disease development is fundamental to epidemiology for 2 reasons. First, some of . . . [Full Text of this Article]







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