Severe ocular injuries in Greek children

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-29

  Mela, Ephigenia K ^a   Georgakopoulos, Constantinos D ^a   Georgalis, Athanasios ^a   Koliopoulos, John X ^a   Gartaganis, Sotirios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Burns; Children; Contusions; Eye injuries; Greece; Lacerations; Penetrating injuries; Rupture

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURN; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CORNEA INJURY; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE CONTUSION; EYE INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037294621     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.10.1.23.13771     Document Type: Article

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