Pattern of ocular trauma in Egypt

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Soliman, Mahmoud M ^a   Macky, Tamer A ^a,b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Epidemiology and clinical study; Ocular trauma; Prognostic factors; Visual outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETINA DETACHMENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38549100591     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0720-4     Document Type: Article

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