Citation

Alexander MM, MacLeod JD, Hall NF, Elkington AR. Br. J. Ophthalmol. 1991; 75(12): 740-742.

Affiliation

University of Southampton, Southampton Eye Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1768665

PMCID

PMC1042556

Abstract

A prospective study was carried out to establish the time lost from work due to corneal foreign body injury. Data were collected over a 5 month period on a total of 504 patients attending a busy district hospital eye casualty department. The median time lost through injury was 4 hours and 148 patients (30%) took no time off work. Corneal foreign bodies are known to be painful injuries but in spite of this few patients take more than half a day off work.

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