Epidemiology of pediatric eye injury in split-dalmatia county

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-204

  Karaman, Ksenija ^a   Znaor, Ljubo ^a   Lakos, Venera ^a   Olujic, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Childhood; Croatia; Eye trauma; Incidence; Prevention; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CROATIA; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 68349089130     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232403     Document Type: Article

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