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Document ID (ISN)48876
CIS number 88-216
ISSN - Serial title 0098-7484 - Journal of the American Medical Association
Year 1987
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Council on Scientific Affairs (American Medical Association)
Title Health effects of video display terminals
Bibliographic information 20 Mar. 1987, Vol.257, No.11, p.1508-1512. 65 ref.
Abstract This report and literature survey covers the various health effects reported by users of video display terminals (VDTs): cataracts, reproductive disorders, facial dermatitis and epileptic reactions alleged to be related to radiation from VDTs; visual and musculoskeletal disorders connected with the ergonomics of VDT work; stress-related effects. The conclusion of the report is that no association has been found so far between radiation emissions from VDTs and reported reproductive and other disorders, that radiation levels from such equipment are well below presently accepted standards of exposure, that health effects are apt to be ergonomically related, and that the nature of the task may be more responsible for workers' symptoms than the equipment.
Descriptors (primary) ionizing radiation; ergonomics; visual display terminals; USA
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; antifertility effects; diseases of eyes and related structures; report; mental stress; dermatitis; musculoskeletal diseases; abortion; epilepsy
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Browse category(ies) Ergonomics
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Ionizing radiation