Prevalence of ocular symptoms and signs among professional computer users in Isfahan, Iran

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 303-307

  Dehghani, Alireza ^a   Tavakoli, Mehdi ^a   Akhlaghi, Mohamadreza ^a   Naderi, Afsaneh ^a   Eslami, Fatemeh ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Computer vision syndrome; Dry eye; Schirmer test; Video display terminal; Video display users

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EYE BURNING; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYOPIA; NIGHT VISION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FILM;

EID: 63249123542     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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