Evaluation of the frequency of complications of working with computers in a group of young adult computer users

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 702-706

  Ghassemi Broumand, Mohammad ^a   Ayatollahi, Mona ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computers users; Musculo skeletal disorders; Ophthalmic complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BURNING SENSATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EVALUATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LACRIMATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; STUDENT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 55849095119     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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