Video Displays, Work, and Vision

Panel on Impact of Video Viewing on Vision of Workers, Committee on Vision, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Summary of Findings; 4 2. Critique of Survey Methodology; 5 3. Radiation Emissions and Their Effects; 6 4. Display Characteristics; 7 5. Lighting and Reflections; 8 6. Anthropometry and Biomechanics in VDT Applications; 9 7. Visual Tasks, Functions, and Symptoms; 10 8. Job Design and Organizational Variables; 11 9. Design, Practice, and Standards for VDT Equipment and Work; 12 10. Research Needs; 13 Appendix A: A Review of Methodology in Studies of Visual Functions; 14 Appendix B: Review of a Preliminary Report on a Cross-Sectional Survey of VDT Users at the Baltimore Sun; 15 Appendix C: Dissent; 16 Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff; 17 References