Investigating the Visual Fatigue in VDT Operators in the Banks of Qasr-e Shirin (Kermanshah-Iran).
Background & Aims of the Study: Considering the increasing use of computers in the official and social environments of Iran, it seems in the near future, eye and physical discomfort caused by working with computers will become one of the most important health issues in our society, which seriously t...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Hygiene Sciences Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 225 - 232 |
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Qom University of Medical Sciences
Summer2018
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