Eye problems and visual display terminals - The facts and the fallacies

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-119

  Thomson, W David ^a  

^a 311 321 Goswell Road EC1V 7DD ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE DISEASE; GLARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE DISEASES; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; LIGHTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; STRESS;

EID: 0031934578     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(97)00067-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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