The Halifax disaster (1917): Eye injuries and their care

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 832-835

  McAlister, Chryssa N ^b   Murray, T Jock ^c   Lakosha, Hesham ^c   Maxner, Charles E ^a,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; GLASS;

BLINDNESS; CANADA; CORNEA PERFORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; ENUCLEATION; EXPLOSION; EYE CARE; EYE INJURY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IRIDECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA;

EXPLOSIONS; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NOVA SCOTIA; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 34249789265     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.113878     Document Type: Review

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