Ocular injuries and visual status before and after their management in the tribal areas of Western India-A historical cohort study

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-197

  Shah, Mehul ^a   Shah, Shreya ^b   Khandekar, Rajiv ^b  

^a Drishti Netralaya   (India)

^b Eye and Ear Health Care Muscat   (Oman)

Author keywords

Ocular trauma; Visual disabilities

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38549173281     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0698-y     Document Type: Article

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