| Document ID (ISN) | 58618 |
| CIS number |
92-1332 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1365-7828 - Lighting Research and Technology |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Stone P.T. |
| Title |
Fluorescent lighting and health |
| Bibliographic information |
1992, Vol.24, No.2, p.55-61. 40 ref. |
| Abstract |
Effects of fluorescent lighting on the skin, eyes, stress, the pineal gland and sick building syndrome are considered along with the effects of glare and flicker. It is concluded that the risk of skin cancer from normal use of fluorescent lamps is extremely small and symptoms of erythema, photoconjunctivitis or photokeratitis are unlikely. Factors such as glare and flicker are known to cause discomfort to some people, but the causes of these effects need to be better understood. It is suggested that the absence of windows and lack of visual variety in interior design may exert a greater influence on complaints about lighting than any radiation from fluorescent lamps. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
fluorescent tubes; health hazards; artificial lighting |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
neuropsychic stress; flicker; polychlorinated biphenyls; sensitization; sick building syndrome; visual comfort; glare; skin cancer |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Lighting, colour and vision
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Lighting and colour
Sick building syndrome
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