Computer Vision Syndrome: A widely spreading but largely unknown epidemic among computer users

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2026-2042

  Yan, Zheng ^a,b   Hu, Liang ^b   Chen, Hao ^b   Lu, Fan ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BASIC (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER VISION; HEALTH; IMAGE PROCESSING; PAPER; RESEARCH; VENDING MACHINES;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPUTER ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTER SCREENS; COMPUTER USERS; DRY EYES; ELSEVIER (CO); FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; HUMAN EYES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TREATMENT STRATEGIES;

COMPUTERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS; DISEASES; HEALTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PAPER; PROGRAMING LANGUAGES; VENDING MACHINES;

EID: 45649085572     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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