TY  - JOUR
T1  - EXposure to fireworks and eye injuries—reply
AU  - Alphonse VD, Kemper AR, Duma SM
Y1  - 2012/10/17
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.11907
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1523
EP  - 1524
VL  - 308
IS  - 15
N2  - 
In Reply: We agree with Drs Rao and Dlouhy that fireworks do cause many serious eye injuries, especially among youth. Based on their comments, there appears to be a misunderstanding of what was done in our study. Previous research has shown that projectiles can cause serious eye injuries due to considerable deformation, penetration, or perforation of the eye.1- 3 Our experiments were designed to evaluate overpressure (ie, pressure wave) from a firework explosion as a potential eye injury mechanism.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.11907
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.11907
ER  -