Preferred position of visual displays relative to the eyes: A field study of visual strain and individual differences

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1034-1049

  Jaschinski, Wolfgang ^a   Heuer, Herbert ^a   Kylian, Hannegret ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Visual displays; Visual strain

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; VISION;

VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GAZE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATOR; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032125197     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186586     Document Type: Article

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