Severe Eye Injuries in the War in Iraq, 2003-2005

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 377-382

  Thach, Allen B ^a,b   Johnson, Anthony J ^c   Carroll, Robert B ^d   Huchun, Ava ^e   Ainbinder, Darryl J ^f   Stutzman, Richard D ^g   Blaydon, Sean M ^b,c,h   DeMartelaere, Sheri L ^c   Mader, Thomas H ⁱ   Slade, Clifton S ^j   George, Roger K ^f   Ritchey, John P ^k   Barnes, Scott D ^d   Fannin, Lilia A ^f  

^a Retina Consultants of Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Texas Oculoplastic Consultants   (United States)

ⁱ ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Evans Army Hospital   (United States)

^k New Horizons Surgical Eye Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EXPLOSION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORBIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549146048     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.04.032     Document Type: Article

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