Viewing distance variation and related ophthalmological changes in office activities with and without vdus

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 719-728

  Piccoli, B ^a   Zambelli, P L ^a   Braga, M ^b   Bergamaschi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Blink rate; Ophthalmological changes; Viewing distance

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL; REFRACTION; TRANSDUCERS; VIDEO CAMERAS; VISION;

ASTHENOPIA; BLINK RATE; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL CHANGES; VIEWING DISTANCE;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BLINKING; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL OPHTHALMOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 0030152223     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964493     Document Type: Article

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