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Abstract #21080 Published in IGR 10-2

Assessing the visual status of truck drivers in a developing country

Onabolu OO; Otulana TO; Awodein OG
Tropical Doctor 2008; 38: 54-55


We undertook an interventional prospective study of truck drivers from a cement factory in Nigeria to assess their visual status after licensing. Out of 149 drivers, 122 (81.9%) were visually eligible to drive and 27 (18.1%) were not. Causes for failing the vision test included refractive error, cataracts, glaucoma, corneal leucoma and pterygia.

Dr. O.O. Onabolu, Department of Ophthalmology, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria


Classification:

1.5 Glaucomas as cause of blindness (Part of: 1 General aspects)
1.4 Quality of life (Part of: 1 General aspects)



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