Spontaneous blinks as a criterion of visual fatigue during prolonged work on visual display terminals

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 234-250

  Kaneko, Kenichi ^a   Sakamoto, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BLINKING; COMPUTER; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISION; WORK;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; BLINKING; COMPUTERS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORK;

EID: 0035257560     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.1.234     Document Type: Article

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