Font size and viewing distance of handheld smart phones

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 795-797

  Bababekova, Yuliya ^a   Rosenfield, Mark ^a   Hue, Jennifer E ^a   Huang, Rae R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodation; computer vision; convergence; nearwork; reading

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; CLOSE DISTANCE; CONVERGENCE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FONT SIZE; HANDHELDS; NEARWORK; NEWSPAPER PRINT; READING; REFRACTIVE CORRECTION; SMALL SCREENS; SMART PHONES; TEXT MESSAGES; VERGENCES; VIEWING DISTANCE; WEB PAGE; WORKING DISTANCES; WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS;

COMPUTER VISION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELEPHONE SETS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

INTERNET;

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; COMPUTER NETWORK; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PERCEPTION; PRINTING; READING;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PRINTING; READING; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960383701     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182198792     Document Type: Article

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