Effectiveness of interventions to prevent work-related eye injuries

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 27-32

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Evaluation studies; Eye injuries; Intervention studies; Program evaluation; Review literature

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034004769     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(00)00138-0     Document Type: Article

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