title: Age and consumer product-related eye injuries in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of consumer product (CP) related eye injuries presenting to US emergency departments (EDs) stratified by age.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (CPSC-NEISS) database was used to derive national, weighted estimates of nonfatal Emergency Department visits for eye injuries by patients' age, gender, diagnosis, injured body part, locale of incidence, and related CP.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The CPs causing the highest proportion of injury visits varied among the different age groups: chemicals in the very young (0-4 yr), household items in 5-9 year olds, sports products in 10-24 year olds, cutting and construction tools in 25-64 year olds, and chemicals in the elderly (65+). Patients aged 0-4 also represented the age interval with the highest rate of injury visits (92 visits per 10,000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study identified the CPs responsible for the most eye injury visits by age groups. Further research is needed on how to effectively change the behavior of individuals and their environment so that we can minimize preventable eye injuries from consumer products.
authors.affiliation: First-Year Medical Student in the MD/MPH program at the Warren Alpert Medical School and the Brown University School of Public Health. This paper has been submitted as part of her MPH thesis.
authors.forename: Allison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Second-Year Medical Student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jimmy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Associate Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital's Hasbro Children's Hospital.
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Linakis
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. He is the Director of the Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology) at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Chief of Ophthalmology at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Associate Director of the Brown/Rhode Island Hospital Ophthalmology Residency Program.
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: consumer products; emergency department (ED; eye injury