Epidemiology of outpatient and inpatient eye injury in Taiwan: 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015.

PURPOSE:To estimate the incidence rate of eye injuries (EI) requiring inpatient and outpatient treatment in Taiwan and compare the epidemiologic characteristics of EI (age, sex, treatment setting, seasonality, occupation, external cause, diagnosis, and surgery) in the years 2000, 2005, 2010, and 201...

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Main Authors: Jiahn-Shing Lee, Wei-Min Chen, Lu-Hsiang Huang, Chia-Chi Chung, Kuang-Hui Yu, Chang-Fu Kuo, Lai-Chu See
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235208