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Epidemiology of Ocular Trauma

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Anatomy and Examination in Ocular Trauma

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Eye injury is one of the most common worldwide causes of monocular visual impairment and blindness. However, seldom epidemiological information based on general population can be found, and most of the hospital-based studies underestimated the occurrence of ocular trauma. In addition, the prevention of blindness for eye injury was neglected. This section was based on general population and hospitalized patients in different regions and countries in the world.

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Feng, K. (2019). Epidemiology of Ocular Trauma. In: Yan, H. (eds) Anatomy and Examination in Ocular Trauma. Ocular Trauma. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0068-4_6

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