A population-based study on the incidence of severe ocular trauma in Singapore

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-351

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a   Tielsch, James M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032854502     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00167-1     Document Type: Article

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