Shedding some light on laser pointer eye injuries

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 669-672

  Ajudua, Stephanie ^a   Mello, Michael J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Community Health ^*

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Injury; Laser

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EYE INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LASER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LASERS;

EID: 34548722204     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31814b2dc4     Document Type: Review

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