Profile of ocular trauma in papua new guinea

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-155

  Verma, Nitin ^a,d   Verma, Anu ^b   Jacob, George ^c   Demok, Steven ^a  

^a PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Mount Hagen Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^d NONE   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Eye injuries; Lime burns

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; EYE INJURY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; VIOLENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030792654     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01297.x     Document Type: Article

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