Ocular hazards of industrial spot welding

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 424-427

  Ralph Chou, B ^a   Cullen, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

eye hazard; industrial hazard; optical radiation; spot welding

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILE PLANTS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIQUID METALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOMETERS; SAFETY DEVICES; SPOT WELDING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WELDING ELECTRODES; WELDING SHOPS;

AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY PLANT; ENERGY METERS; EYE HAZARD; OPTICAL RADIATION; SCANNING SPECTRORADIOMETER; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE LEVELS;

EYE PROTECTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WELDING;

EID: 0030175563     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199606000-00011     Document Type: Article

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