The epidemiology of ocular trauma in rural Nepal

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 456-460

  Khatry, S K ^b   Lewis, A E ^a   Schein, O D ^c   Thapa, M D ^b   Pradhan, E K ^a   Katz, J ^a,b,c  

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

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1842557664     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.030700     Document Type: Review

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