Open globe injuries: Epidemiological study of two eye clinics in Germany, 1981-1999

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-274

  Schrader, Wolfgang F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Eye foreign bodies; Eye injuries; Socio economic factors; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; ENUCLEATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; SEATBELT; SEX; SOCIAL LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 2642535036     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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