Penetrating eye injury in war

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 780-784

  Biehl, Jerry W ^a   Valdez, Julia ^b   Hemady, Ramzi K ^a,b   Steidl, Scott M ^a,b   Bourke, Denis L ^a  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SOLDIER; WAR;

EID: 0032697213     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.11.780     Document Type: Article

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