Long-term effects on symptoms by reducing electric fields from visual display units

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 415-421

  Ofteda, Gunnhild ^a,b   Nyvang, Asbjørg ^c   Moen, Bente E ^d  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Trondheim Bedriftshelsetjeneste   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eye symptoms; Low frequency electric fields; Nervous system symptoms; Skin symptoms; Visual properties

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; EYE IRRITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TIME; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 0032711742     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.454     Document Type: Article

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