Ocular injuries associated with Airsoft guns: A case series

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 584-587

  Ramstead, Cory ^a   Ng, ManCho ^a   Rudnisky, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airsoft guns; Closed globe injury; Hyphema; Ocular injuries

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRSOFT GUN INJURY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CORNEAL CONTUSION; EYE CONTUSION; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IRITIS; LID CONTUSION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; RETINA COMMOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 57849128555     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/I08-131     Document Type: Article

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