Possible association between heavy computer users and glaucomatous visual field abnormalities: A cross sectional study in Japanese workers

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1021-1027

  Tatemichi, Masayuki ^a   Nakano, Tadashi ^b   Tanaka, Katsutoshi ^c   Hayashi, Takeshi ^d   Nawa, Takeshi ^d   Miyamoto, Toshiaki ^e   Hiro, Hisanori ^f   Sugita, Minoru ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^e Adecco Health Support Centre   (Japan)

^f Tsurumi Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DOUBLING TECHNOLOGY PERIMETRY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PERIMETRY; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 9444245012     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.018127     Document Type: Article

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