The prevalence of alcohol misuse in patients undergoing cataract surgery

Addiction Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-219

  Davis, A R ^a   Wilkins, M ^a   Dew, T ^a   Sherwood, R ^a   Coakes, R ^a   Peters, T J ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIFEDIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031944251     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556219872272     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. West SK, Valmadrid C. Epidemiology of risk factors for age related cataract. Surv Ophthalmol 1995;39: 323-4.
2. Kupfer C. Bowman Lecture. The conquest of cataract: a global challenge. Trans Ophthalmol Soc UK 1984;104:1-10.
3. Sabiston D. Cataracts, Dupytren's and alcohol addiction. Am J Ophthalmol 1973;6:1005-7.
4. Ritter L, Klein B, Jensen S, Moss S, Cruickshanks J. Alcohol use and lens opacities in the Beaver Dam eye study. Arch Ophthalmol 1993;111:113-7.
5. Mansen J, Christen W, Seddon J, Christen W, Glynn R, Hennekens C. A prospective study of alcohol consumption and risk of cataract. Am J Prev Med 1994;10:156-61.
6. Clayton R, Cuthbert J, Duffy J, Seth C, Phillips C, Bartholomew. Some risk factors associated with cataract in SE Scotland: a pilot study. Trans Ophthalmol Soc UK 1982;102:331-6.
7. Van Heyningen R, Harding JJ. A case control study of cataract in Oxfordshire: some risk factors. Br J Ophthalmol 1988;72:804-8.
8. British Medical Association. Alcohol: guidelines on sensible drinking. London:BMA;1995.
9. Barker J, Cryer C, Maryon Davis A. Health quest, South East. South East Thames Regional Health Authority, 1993.
10. Jacques P, Hartz, Chylack L, McGandy R, Sadowski J. Nutritional status in persons with and without senile cataract: blood vitamin and mineral levels. Am J Clin Nutr 1988;48:152-8.
11. Chick J. Alcohol problems in the general hospital. Br Med Bull 1994;50:200-10.
12. Lesiewska-Junk H. Senile and presenile cataract. Survey of patients undergoing cataract surgery. Acta Ophthalmol 1994;72:602-5.
13. West S, Munoz B, Schein O, Vitale S, Maguire M, Taylor H, Bressler N. Cigarette smoking and risk for progression of nuclear opacities. Arch Ophthalmol 1995;113:1377-80.
14. Harding JJ, Van Heyningen R. Beer, Cigarettes and Military Work as risk factors for cataract. Dev Ophthalmol 1989; 17:13-16.
15. Bochow T, West S, Azar A, Munoz B, Sommer A, Taylor H. Ultraviolet light exposure and risk of posterior subcapsular cataracts. Arch Ophthalmol 1989;107:369-71.
16. Cruikshanks K, Klein B, Klein R. Ultraviolet light exposure and lens opacities: the Beaver Dam study. Am J Public Health 1992;82:1658-62.
17. Harding JJ, Egerton M, Harding RS. Protection against cataract by aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen. Acta Ophthalmol 1989;67:518-24.
18. Harding JJ, Van Heyningen R. Drugs including alcohol that act as a risk factor for cataract and the possible protection against cataract by aspirin like analgesics and cyclopenthiazide. Br J Ophthalmol 1988;72:809-14.
19. Chick J, Kreitman N, Plant M. Mean cell volume and gamma glutamyl transpeptidase as markers of drinking in working men. Lancet 1981;1:1249-51.
20. Lloyd GG, Chick J, Crombie E. Screening for problem drinkers among medical inpatients. Drug Alcohol Depend 1982;10:355-9.