Retinopathy of prematurity: a new epidemic?
DL Gibson, SB Sheps, MT Schechter, S Wiggins… - …, 1989 - publications.aap.org
This study provides the first empiric evidence for the existence of a new epidemic of
retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness. Data from a population-based register of
handicapping conditions in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and a birth weight-
specific census of live-born infants in British Columbia, were used to determine annual,
population-level incidences of retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness during 1952 to
1983. Changes in incidence since the end of the original epidemic (1954) were determined …
retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness. Data from a population-based register of
handicapping conditions in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and a birth weight-
specific census of live-born infants in British Columbia, were used to determine annual,
population-level incidences of retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness during 1952 to
1983. Changes in incidence since the end of the original epidemic (1954) were determined …