Visual outcome after fireworks injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-111

  Singh, Deependra Vikram ^a   Sharma, Yog Raj ^a   Azad, Raj Vardhan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fireworks injury; Ocular trauma; Prognosis; Retinal detachment; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE INJURY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FIRE; FIREWORK; FIREWORK INJURY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EYE BURNS; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 24644482078     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000172643.61750.AF     Document Type: Article

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