Eye injuries at work: A prospective population-based survey within the chemical industry

Eye injuries: a prospective survey of 5671 cases.

5671 patients with injuries presenting to a busy eye casualty department were examined prospectively to determine the incidence, aetiology, and severity of the injury. Of these cases 69.9% occurred at work, 18.3% during leisure and domestic activities (excluding recognised sport), 2.3% during sport, and 1.9% were due to assaults; contact lens injury occurred in a further 2.3%, and the cause was...

The epidemiology of chemical eye injuries.

PURPOSE To describe the epidemiology and identify categories of agents involved in chemical eye injuries. METHODS Retrospective case series of consecutive cases of chemical eye injury presenting to the emergency department (ED) at a large eye hospital. Six-hundred and thirty-three patients presented to the ED between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2009 for treatment of 640 chemical eye inju...

a structural survey of the polish posters

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Prevention of eye injuries in industry.

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work and at home: a population based survey.

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been shown to be carcinogenic for humans and has emerged as an important public health problem in recent years. 3 In Southern European countries like Spain, this problem is especially relevant because of the high prevalence of smoking. Yet, unlike for active smoking, we have little objective data about the extent of ETS exposure in the general population. T...