33 cases of airsoft gun pellet ocular injuries in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1998-2002

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 755-758

  Saunte, Jon Peiter ^a,b   Saunte, Mads Egil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Airsoft; Child; Eye; Gun; Injury; Ocular trauma; Softgun

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CORNEA INJURY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY CARE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RETINA EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33750618944     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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