What The Study Did: Researchers describe the type of eye injuries and the difficulties encountered as a result of the Port of Beirut blast in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, one of most powerful nonnuclear explosions in history.
Authors: Ramzi M. Alameddine, M.D., of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.2742)
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