@article{ref1,
title="Changes in the epidemiology of ruptured globe eye injuries due to societal changes",
journal="Ophthalmologica",
year="1999",
author="Pump-Schmidt, C. and Behrens-Baumann, W.",
volume="213",
number="6",
pages="380-386",
abstract="We studied 208 records of patients, who had undergone primary repair of a ruptured globe. A comparison of the periods 1987-1989 and 1993-1995 suggests epidemiological changes as a result of broad changes in occupational and social conditions after the German reunification in 1989. The rate of ruptured globe injuries caused by occupational accidents decreased from 38.8% in the first period to 31.4% in the second. We found an increase in comparable eye injuries as a consequence of leisure activities. Within the years from 1993 to 1995, in occupational accidents, we found a significant decrease in eye injuries in industry while accidents in small companies (e.g. garages, builders and constructors) increased significantly compared to 1987-1989.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0030-3755",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}