VDU work: Longitudinal survey on refractive defects

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 629-631

  Rechichi, Caterina ^a,c   Scullica, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emmetropia; Hypermetropia; Myopia; Time of application; VDU work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TIME; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 0030467727     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00750.x     Document Type: Article

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