Visual challenges using Visual Display Units (VDU) in office landscapes

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 3575-3576

  Helland, Magne ^a   Horgen, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

lighting conditions; office landscape; VDU workplaces; visual discomfort; visual ergonomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINAL; FURNITURE; GLARE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION;

ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; GLARE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LIGHTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84859855362     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0637-3575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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