Resting intraocular pressure of steel factory workers is related to their physical fitness

Industrial Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Qureshi, Imran Ahmad ^a   Wu, Xiang Dong ^b   Xi, Xiao Rong ^b   Yang, Jianming ^b   Huang, Yang Bin ^b  

^a RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exercise; Industrial workers; Ocular tension; Physical fitness; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TONOMETRY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 8244264757     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.259     Document Type: Article

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