VDT work, oculomotor strain, and subjective complaints: An experimental and clinical study

Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1419-1433

  Lie, Ivar ^a   Watten, Reidulf G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Optical corrections; Subjective complaints; Visual ecology; Visual fatigue; Visual stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CILIARY MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYALGIA; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 0027936070     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139408964919     Document Type: Article

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