creators_name: Ilanthody, Kishore Krishna creators_id: Kishore Krishna I editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2003-10-24 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:23 metadata_visibility: show title: Tobacco and Intra Ocular Pressure ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Tobacco, intra ocular pressure, glaucoma abstract: Glaucoma is an optic nerve disorder caused by raised intraocular pressure. Among many drugs and agents causing glaucoma, tobacco has been found to be one of the important agents. It is important for the clinical practitioners as well as the general population to be aware of the ill effects of tobacco on ocular circulation and intra ocular pressure. date: 2002-10 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 1 number: 3 publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Mehra KS, Ray PN, Khara BB. Tobacco smoking and glaucoma. Ann. Ophthalmol. 1976; 8:462. 2. Attia H, Bakir M, Abdel Rehaman, H. Tobacco in relation to glaucoma. Bull Opthalmol Soc Egypt. 1978; 71. 3. Wilson MR et al. Arch. ophthalmal. 1987; 105:1066. 4. Eghosasere Iyamu, Edgar Ekure, Eki Oghre. The Effect of Smokeless Tobacco on Intra-Ocular Pressure in a Nigerian Population. Online J Health Allied Scs 2002; 3:2 5. Shephard RJ et al. Effects of cigarette smoking on IOP and vision. BJO. 1978; 62:682. 6. Klein BEK et a;. Relationship of drinking alcohol and smoking to prevalence of open angle glaucoma: The Beaver Dam Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 1993; 100:1609. citation: Ilanthody, Dr Kishore Krishna (2002) Tobacco and Intra Ocular Pressure. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/3238/1/2002-3-1.pdf