Ocular trauma: from epidemiology to war-related injuries
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War Injuries, Trauma, and Disaster Relief
Some volunteer surgeons may be interested in providing care for civilian victims of war in developing countries. More commonly, volunteers will be increasingly confronted with nonintentional acute and chronic trauma cases, mostly from road traffic accidents. On rare occasions, they might even participate in the relief and reconstruction efforts after natural disasters. There are significant dif...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0721-832X,1435-702X
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1834-2