Do motor vehicle airbags increase risk of ocular injuries in adults?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1082-1088

  Lehto, Kirsti S ^a   Sulander, Pekka O ^b   Tervo, Timo M T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Finnish Motor Insurers Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAMICS; EYE INJURY; FATALITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; SPECTACLES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0037645978     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00244-6     Document Type: Article

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