Do modern spectacles endanger surgeons? The Waikato eye protection study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 495-501

  Chong, Simon J ^a,c   Smith, Charlotte ^b   Bialostocki, Adam ^a   McEwan, Christopher N ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ORBIT; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SURGERY;

EID: 34247569595     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000252406.94464.16     Document Type: Article

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