Risk factors, incidence and persistence of symptoms from the eyes among professional computer users.
BACKGROUND: Symptoms from the eyes are common among computer users. Knowledge is scarce about these problems, however. OBJECTIVES: The aim was to study risk-factors, incidence and persistence of eye-symptoms among professionally active computer users. METHODS: This was a questionnaire based prospect...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 291 - 302 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2014
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