Ophthalmologic emergency: Foreign bodies still are the principal cause;Urgência oftalmológica: Corpo estranho ocular ainda como principal causa

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-227

  Da Silva Araújo, Ângelo Augusto ^a,b   Almeida, Davison Vieira ^a   De Araújo, Vitalina Martins ^a   Góes, Max Rollemberg ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal de Sergipe ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Eye foreign bodies epidemiology; Eye injuries epidemiology; Hospital emergency service; Occupational accidents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250026201     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492002000200012     Document Type: Article

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