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Trends in Penetrating Eye Injuries
Author(s) -
West R. H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1978.tb00249.x
Subject(s) - legislation , optometry , incidence (geometry) , medicine , medical emergency , forensic engineering , political science , engineering , law , physics , optics
S ummary Analysis of penetrating eye injuries resulting from motor car accidents admitted to the Alfred Hospital from 1969 to 1975 shows a continuous change of incidence and pattern of injury. These changes are related to various factors including particularly compulsory safety‐belt wearing legislation.