Photoretinitis: An underestimated occupational injury?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-225

  Magnavita, N ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

IR light; Occupational exposure; Retinal injury; Visible light; Welding

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LENS; LIGHT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA INJURY; RETINITIS; RETINOPATHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WELDING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINITIS; WELDING; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036066650     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/52.4.223     Document Type: Article

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