TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Visual disability in selected acts of terror, warfare, and natural disasters of the last 25 years: a concise narrative review
JO  - American journal of disaster medicine
A1  - Gee, Christopher J.
A1  - Bonkowske, Jeremy
A1  - Kurup, Shree K.
SP  - 25
EP  - 30
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: A review of ocular injury related to mass disaster over the past 25 years, including injury type, treatment, and final visual outcome. DESIGN: Retrospective review. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Injury types, treatment, and final visual acuity. RESULTS: Acts of terror and war result in significant and increasingly more common ocular injury. Natural disasters were much less likely to cause lasting or permanent injury. CONCLUSIONS: Final visual acuity was rarely reported. Primary prevention is superior to treatment in acts of war and terror. Ocular injury is rarely reported by first response to natural disaster.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-149X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -