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SMOKING AND INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE
Author(s) -
BAHNA SAMI L.,
BJERKEDAL TOR
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1975.tb01164.x
Subject(s) - intraocular pressure , medicine , ophthalmology , optometry
The intraocular pressure — as measured by Schiötz tonometer — was studied in 378 smokers, 151 ex‐smokers, and 495 non‐smokers. It was found that the three groups have practically the same distribution of intraocular pressure, and that the latter has no relationship to the smoking habit.