Ocular injuries related to independence day celebrations

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 254-256

  Kratz, Assaf ^a   Petrov, Alena ^a   Polyakov, Pavel ^a   Levy, Jaime ^a   Lifshitz, Tova ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial snow spray; Celebrations; Fireworks; Ocular injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; FIRE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEISURE;

EYE INJURIES; FIRES; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL;

EID: 33646837343     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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