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Retinal Burn
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Source: Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute's Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation Course on CD-ROM (1999)
Retinal burn:
- Retinal burn resulting in permanent damage from scarring results when fireball directly viewed.
- May be sustained at considerable distances from the explosion, depends on blast size.
- Location of the scar will determine the degree of interference with vision.
- Central scarring will cause greater disability.
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