Are we blind to injuries in the visually impaired? A review of the literature

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-160

  Legood, Rosa ^a   Scuffham, P ^b   Cryer, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036596664     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.2.155     Document Type: Review

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