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Document ID (ISN)54541
CIS number 90-1730
ISSN - Serial title 0958-479X - Safety and Health Practitioner
Year 1990
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Bell B.
Title Lighting the office and factory
Bibliographic information Aug. 1990, Vol.8, No.8, p.32-38. Illus.
Abstract This article in a popular OSH journal provides advice on appropriate lighting techniques for the workplace. Coverage: the need for good lighting conditions; modern trends and the real cost of lighting; objectives of good lighting; the right lighting (general, localised, local and contrast lighting; lighting and visual display terminals); equipment (fluorescent lamps; high-frequency ballasts; stroboscopic effects; compact fluorescent lamps; discharge lamps; tungsten and tungsten halogen lamps; light fittings); use and maintenance of lighting installations.
Descriptors (primary) artificial lighting; lighting
Descriptors (secondary) illumination levels; discharge lamps; survey; local lighting; visual display terminals
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Lighting and colour