Blink rate, blink amplitude, and tear film integrity during dynamic visual display terminal tasks

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Cardona, Genís ^a   García, Carles ^a   Serés, Carme ^a   Vilaseca, Meritxell ^a   Gispets, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Eyeblink; Tear break up time; Visual display terminal; Visual fatigue

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; BLINKING; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAR FILM; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; BLINKING; COGNITION; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEARS; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951816309     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2010.544442     Document Type: Article

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