Health issues of the operaters on video display units-the consequence of electromagnetic radiation or something else?

Autor: Brumen, Vlatka, Garaj-Vrhovac, Vera, Franekić-Čolić, Jasna, Radalj, Željko
Přispěvatelé: Garaj-Vrhovac, Verica, Kopjar, Nevenka, Miljanić, Saveta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2005
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Popis: Over the last few decades, video display units(VDUs) have become inevitable in a number of workplaces. This raised a debate on possible health effects of occupational exposure to VDUs. Most frequently reported complaints are eyestrain, bone/muscle disorders and psychological problems related to monotonous, repetitive work. Questions have been raised whether regular exposure to electromagnetic fields generated by the screen could induce cataract. In response to a direct inquiry of VDUs operators from a large Croatian company, whether their eye discomforts could be attributed to screen irradiation, we measured electromagnetic fields generated by screens. Measurements were performed using a portable measuring device PMM 8051, serial number 0182 ( PMM Costruzioni Elettroniche Centro Misure Radioelettriche s.r. Milan, Italy with three different probes, with and without a filter. The results showed that screen-generated fields were far below the tthreshold requred for a causing a cataract, whioch overruled the possibility that the actinic effect should produce eye discomfort.
Databáze: OpenAIRE