Surgical management of ophthalmic trauma due to the Palestinian Intifada

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 392-397

  Jaouni, Ziad M ^a   O'Shea, John G ^b  

^a St John Ophthalmic Hospital   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Eye trauma; Intifada; Rubber plastic bullets; Surgery

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; RUBBER;

ARAB; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BULLET; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0030839396     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.83     Document Type: Article

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