Eye injuries during training exercises with paint balls

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 720-722

  Zwaan, Joham ^a,b   Bybee, Lee ^a   Casey, Paul ^a  

^a Brocke Army Medical Center   (United States)

^b KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAINT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; SOLDIER; TRAINING;

ADULT; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PAINT;

EID: 0030460406     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.12.720     Document Type: Article

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