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- Work-related eye injuries in Australia [online], Australian Safety and Compensation Council, Australian Government. More information here.
- Burn injury facts – arc flash/blast [online], Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, USA. More information here.
- ‘Flash burns to the face’ [online], in Burns, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 250–1. More information here.
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