Epidemiology of adult eye injuries in Split-Dalmatian County

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-309

  Karaman, Ksenija ^a   Gverović Antunica, Antonela ^b   Rogošić, Veljko ^a   Lakoš Krželj, Venera ^a   Rozga, Ante ^c   Radočaj Perko, Silvija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Dubrovnik General Hospital   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Croatia; Eye burns; Eye injuries; Registry; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTUSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CROATIA; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2642582281     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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