Are there differences between 'visual symptoms' and specific ocular symptoms associated with video display terminal (VDT) use?

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-182

  Aakre, Bente Monica ^a   Doughty, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Computer use; Dry eye symptoms; Refractive surgery; Screen based equipment (SBE); Soft contact lens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MYOPIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 34250889344     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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