Change in visual function and viewing distance during work with VDTs

Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1990, Pages 1433-1441

  Gratton, I ^a   Piccoli, B ^b   Zaniboni, A ^b   Meroni, M ^b   Grieco, A ^b  

^a Department of Ophthalmology Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Asthenopia; Convergence; Video display terminal (VDT); Viewing distance

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0025614442     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139008925344     Document Type: Article

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