Work-related eye injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the US

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-62

  Xiang, Huiyun ^a   Stallones, Lorann ^b   Chen, Guanmin ^a   Smith, Gary A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye injuries; Hospital emergency departments; Occupational safety; Ocular trauma; Work related injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE CONTUSION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22244456695     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20179     Document Type: Article

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