Trends in eye injury in the United States, 1992-2001

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 521-527

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c   Hall, Tyler Andrew ^a   Xie, Aiyuan ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE CONTUSION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NERVE INJURY; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644852841     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0909     Document Type: Article

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