Lighting and discomfort in the classroom

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-75

  Winterbottom, Mark ^a   Wilkins, Arnold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coloured overlay; Disability; Discomfort; Fluorescent lighting; Glare; Interactive whiteboard

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849093727     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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