Epidemiological and clinical features of paediatric open globe injuries in southwestern Turkey

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 855-860

  Ilhan, Hatice Deniz ^a   Bilgin, Ahmet Burak ^a   Çetinkaya, Asli ^a   Unal, Mustafa ^a   Yucel, Iclal ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Open globe injury; Prevention; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894556356     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2013.06.20     Document Type: Article

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