The health status of students studying information science at a physics and mathematics school
Kuchma, V.R.; Bobrishcheva-Pushkina, N.D.; Shlenskiĭ, A.A.; Purgaeva, V.K.; Sukhinina, S.P.
Gigiena i Sanitariia 2: 27-29
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-9900 PMID: 9680745 Document Number: 496049
The sanitary conditions of information technology classes, the capacities and health status of 10-11th form pupils thoroughly studying information technology were examined. Tests revealed that in the presence of poor conditions, such as reduced illumination, higher air temperatures, increased electromagnetic radiation, noncompliance of rest and work regimens, the pupils had poor working capacities and deteriorated subjective ill health and that adolescents with myopia, poor posture, and scoliosis increased in number.