The red eye - first aid at the primary level

The red eye forms a big proportion of the eye problems seen in most eye clinics in developing countries. For example, in the Bawku Hospital eye unit, Ghana, in 2004 a total of 21,391 patients were seen as outpatients, out of which 8,931 were red eyes of one type or another, representing over 40% of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isaac Baba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2005-03-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/18/jceh_18_53_070.html