Incidence of cases of ocular trauma admitted to hospital and incidence of blinding outcome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 592-596

  Desai, Parul ^a   MacEwen, Caroline J ^b   Baines, Paul ^b   Minassian, Darwin C ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; EYE INJURY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029759126     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.7.592     Document Type: Article

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