The incidence of eye injuries at three U.S. Army installations

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-105

  Hsieh, David A ^a   Stout, James W ^b   Lee, Robyn B ^c   Gaydos, Joel C ^d,e  

^a US Dept of Def (Health Affairs)   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Robyn B Lee and Associates LLC   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037326924     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.2.101     Document Type: Article

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