One month in an eye emergency clinic in Brasilia;Um mês em um pronto-socorro de oftalmologia em Brasília

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 797-802

  Vieira, Geraldo Magela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO PLANALTO CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Eye diseases epidemiology; Health services needs and demand; Hospital; Hospitals, general; Ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EYE DISEASES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 39049122294     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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