The effect of frontal air bags on eye injury patterns in automobile crashes

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1517-1522

  Duma, Stefan M ^a   Jernigan, M Virginia ^a   Stitzel, Joel D ^a   Herring, Ian P ^a   Crowley, John S ^b   Brozoski, Fred T ^b   Bass, Cameron R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036875289     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.120.11.1517     Document Type: Article

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