Ocular Laser Exposure Incident Reporting

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-281

  Harrington, Lawrence K ^a   Wigle, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; EYE INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LASER; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

EID: 1842831224     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.4.277     Document Type: Review

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