Epidemiology of childhood ocular trauma in a northeastern Colombian region

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1439-1445

  Serrano, Juan C ^a   Chalela, Patricia ^b   Arias, Juan D ^a  

^a Research Institute of the Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander FOSCAL   (Colombia)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COLOMBIA; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0141954115     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.10.1439     Document Type: Review

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