Prevention and treatment of common eye injuries in sports

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1481-1488+1494

  Rodriguez, Jorge O ^a   Lavina, Adrian M ^b   Agarwal, Anita ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BLUNT TRAUMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION INJURY; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 12444330901     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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