Vision screening, eye examination and risk assessment of display screen users in a large regional teaching hospital

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-195

  Jackson, A J ^a,b   Barnett, E S ^a   Stevens, A B ^a,b   McClure, M ^a   Patterson, C ^b   McReynolds, M J ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTACLES; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031006394     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(96)00085-3     Document Type: Article

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