Chemical Conjunctivitis
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Chemical Conjunctivitis Incidence
Facts about chemical
conjunctivitis
:
About one thousand occupational
eye injuries
occur in the US each day, which accounts for one-quarter of all serious
eye injuries
.
Most
eye injuries
are preventable.
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Chemical Conjunctivitis Risk Factors
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Last Updated: Mar 6, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
;
D. Scott Gettings, MD
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