Cost of treating preventable minor ocular injuries in Rijeka, Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 314-317

  Lončarek, Karmen ^a   Brajac, Ines ^a   Filipović, Tatjana ^a   Čaljkušić Mance, Tea ^a   Štalekar, Hrvoje ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cost and cost analysis; Eye foreign bodies; Eye injuries; Eye protective devices; Occupational safety; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2642564297     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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