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Document ID (ISN)38720
CIS number 82-1965
Year 1982
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Michel-Laharie A.M.
Title Applications of vision tests in occupational medicine
Original title Intérêt des "visiotests" en médecine du travail [in French]
Bibliographic information Université de Paris VII, Faculté de Médecine Xavier-Bichat, Paris, France, 1982. 87p. 57 ref.
Abstract MD thesis. Considerations on: anatomy of the eye and physiology of vision; principal eye and vision disorders; study of working conditions of VDU operators; comparison between usual vision tests and recent developments in "visiotests" used in occupational medicine. "Visiotests" enable more accurate analysis of visual functions to be made than current methods. Information on the principle of "visiotests" and how they are conducted; analysis of results of clinical tests carried out over the last 2 years. Emphasis on the role of the company physician/oculist in screening for visual disorders (espacially VDU operators) and future possibililies of "visiotests".
Descriptors (primary) visual function disorders; visual tasks; vision tests; visual display terminals; amblyopia
Descriptors (secondary) France; thesis; description of technique; medical supervision; physiology of vision
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Diseases of the eye and vision damage