Ocular injuries from driver's air bag.
The air bag was introduced in automobiles as a device to reduce serious injuries and fatalities from front angle collisions. Although air bags have reduced the incidence of brain injury in motor vehicle accidents there are published reports of ocular trauma to the driver, secondary to air bag inflation.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D017278:Air Bags / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged