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Visual strain during VDU work: the effect of viewing distance and dark focus

WOLFGANG JASCHINSKI-KRUZA Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, Ardeystr. 67, Dortmund 1, D-4600, F.R. Germany
Pages 1449-1465 | Received 16 Feb 1988, Accepted 05 May 1988, Published online: 30 May 2007

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