Closed-eye ocular injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2172-2173

  Cockerham, Glenn C ^a   Rice, Thomas A ^a   Hewes, Eva H ^a   Cockerham, Kimberly P ^a   Lemke, Sonne ^a   Wang, Gloria ^a   Lin, Richard C ^a   Glynn Milley, Catherine ^a   Zumhagen, Lars ^b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED EYE OCULAR INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; SPECTACLES; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VISUAL ACUITY; WAR;

EID: 79957819587     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1010683     Document Type: Letter

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