Ocular war injuries of the Iraqi Insurgency, January-September 2004

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-104

  Mader, Thomas H ^a   Carroll, Robert D ^b   Slade, Clifton S ^c   George, Roger K ^d   Ritchey, J Phillip ^e   Neville, S Page ^f  

^a ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Gen Leonard Wood Army Hosp   (United States)

^c EVANS ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e New Horizons Surgical Eye Center   (United States)

^f Conway Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLOSIONS; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 29644433345     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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