Increasing paintball related eye trauma reported to a state eye injury registry

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-302

  Kitchens, John W ^a   Danis, Ronald P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye trauma; Injury registry; Paintball

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033256695     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.4.301     Document Type: Article

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