[Work with visual demands. Assumption of responsibility for optical correction by the employer].
Comparison of visual demands of work in a traditional office to those of work in an office equiped with a screen. Description of problems of vision when focusing the eye to various distances and fixing it in various directions. Range of possibilities for optical correction for work with a screen (monofocal, bifocal, progressive or for reading), specifying among the optical corrections those which are exclusively reserved for this activity and should become the employer's responsibility.
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Clinique du Parc Léopold, Bruxelles Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique. georges.hermans@swing.be
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D016288:Computer Terminals; D003626:Data Display / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005139:Eyeglasses / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation*