Working conditions, visual fatigue, and mental health among systems analysts in São Paulo, Brazil

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-32

  Rocha, L E ^a,b   Debert Ribeiro, M ^c  

^a University of São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAZIL; COMPUTER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTERVIEW; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUSNESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT GROUP; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BRAZIL; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0347126439     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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