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TASER electronic control devices and eye injuries

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Box 23, Crystal Bay, MN, 55323, USA

    Mark W. Kroll

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Lompoc Valley Medical Center, 1515 East Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA, 93436, USA

    Donald M. Dawes

  3. Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, USA

    William G. Heegaard

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Kroll, M.W., Dawes, D.M. & Heegaard, W.G. TASER electronic control devices and eye injuries. Doc Ophthalmol 124, 157–159 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10633-012-9310-9

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