Rate of eye injury in the United States

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 970-976

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c   Xie, Aiyuan ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844449193     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.7.970     Document Type: Article

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