Dry Eyes and Video Display Terminals
- 25 February 1993
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (8), 584
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199302253280817
Abstract
Many persons report ocular fatigue after prolonged work at video display terminals, in part prompting legislation regulating the use of these terminals1. Since one of the main causes of ocular fatigue is dry eyes, we hypothesized that this type of work exacerbates drying of the ocular surface.Keywords
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