Open AccessEtiological causes and epidemiological characteristics of patients with occupational corneal foreign bodies: A prospective study in a hospital-based setting in India
Author(s) -
Chaturbhuj Agrawal,
Shenouda Girgis,
Aditya Sethi,
Vaibhav Sethi,
Manisha Konale,
Parul Lokwani,
Reena Sethi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_623_19
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , etiology , prospective cohort study , epidemiology , population , demography , environmental health , surgery , pathology , sociology
Corneal foreign bodies (CFBs) due to occupational exposure have been largely ignored in Indian literature, especially nonmetal workers. Our study looks at a broad range of occupations and settings that contribute to CFB in our local Indian population.