Effects of indoor lighting on occupants' visual comfort and eye health in a green building

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-90

  Hwang, Taeyon ^a   Jeong, Tai Kim ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Green building; Indoor lighting environment; Post occupancy evaluation; Questionnaire survey; Self reported health symptoms; Visual comfort and eye health

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION;

EID: 79952905002     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X10392017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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