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CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 26450 |
CIS number |
77-93 |
Year |
1976 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Douglas A.A., MacDonald-MacLean A., Cullen J.F. |
Title |
Blindness from accident. |
Bibliographic information |
W.H. Ross Foundation (Scotland), 20 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1976. 75p. Illus. 55 ref. Price: £0.50. |
Abstract |
This survey of causes of blindness due to accidents, carried out in 4 major Scottish hospitals from 1968 to 1973, contains an extensive literature survey, with sections devoted, inter alia, to a study of 49 cases of severe loss of vision due to occupational accidents: general review; prevention; treatment; breakdown by age, sex, cause of accident and resultant vision. Appendices: questionnaire forms used in the survey; illustrated data sheets on various types of goggles and eyeshields (polycarbonate lens, rubber frame eye protectors, welding goggles, etc.), headbands and safety helmets with visors, etc. |
Descriptors (primary) |
eye injuries; traumatic amblyopia |
Descriptors (secondary) |
laser radiation; literature survey; United Kingdom; flying particles; questionnaire survey; safety spectacles; statistics |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Lighting, colour and vision
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the eye and vision damage
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