Pattern of ocular trauma in Kuching, Malaysia

Malaysian Family Physician

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mallika, P S ^a   Tan, A K ^a   Asok, T ^b   Faisal, H A ^b   Aziz, S ^b   Intan, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Eye injury; Ocular trauma; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649366307     PISSN: 1985207X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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