Laser and led eye hazards: Safety standards

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 31-37

  Sliney, David H ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

EYE HAZARDS; LASER INDUCED OCULAR INJURIES;

LASER SAFETY;

EID: 0031234385     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPN.8.9.000031     Document Type: Article

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