Adverse health effects from video display terminals: real or imagined?
Although current evidence suggests no long-term risk from exposure to video display terminal (VDT) radiation, misleading reports from the news media have kept patients concerned about possible health effects. Clinicians treating such patients must first eradicate their fears and then address the phy...
| Published in: | Physician Assistant Vol. 13; no. 9; pp. 122 - 124 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1989 Sep
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | Although current evidence suggests no long-term risk from exposure to video display terminal (VDT) radiation, misleading reports from the news media have kept patients concerned about possible health effects. Clinicians treating such patients must first eradicate their fears and then address the physical ailment, which is usually an ergonomically related effect of operating a VDT system. Most ailments mistakenly attributed to VDT radiation can be alleviated by altering the mechanical design of office equipment or modifying work habits. |
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