Risk factors, incidence and persistence of symptoms from the eyes among professional computer users

Work

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 291-301

  Toomingas, A ^a,b   Hagberg, M ^c   Heiden, M ^b   Richter, H ^b   Westergren, K E ^b   Tornqvist, E Wigaeus ^b,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eye strain; Office work; Prospective study; Visual ergonomics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900437723     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-131778     Document Type: Article

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