Etiology of pediatric perforating eye injuries in Southern Turkey

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Soylu, Merih ^a,b   Demircan, Nihal ^a   Yalaz, Müslime ^a   Işigüzel, Ismail ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Perforating eye injury; Trauma; Turkey

Indexed keywords

GLASS; METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE; PERFORATING EYE INJURY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ACUITY; WOOD;

EID: 0031945423     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.5.1.7.1493     Document Type: Article

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