| Document ID (ISN) | 101246 |
| CIS number |
03-456 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-6870 - Applied Ergonomics |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Parsons K.C. |
| Title |
Environmental ergonomics: A review of principles, methods and models |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2000, Vol.31, No.6, p.581-594. 49 ref. |
| Abstract |
A review of the principles, methods and models used in environmental ergonomics is provided with reference to the effects of temperature, vibration, noise and light on health, comfort and performance. Environmental ergonomics is an integral part of the discipline of ergonomics and should be viewed and practiced from that perspective. Humans do not respond to the environment in proportion to the magnitude of the physical measures of the individual environmental components. There are human characteristics which determine human sensitivities and responses. Practical methods for assessing human responses to individual environmental components and to the total environment are presented, together with current and proposed international standards concerned with the ergonomics of the physical environment. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
human factors; physical hazards; thermal environment; ergonomics |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; lighting; ISO; hot workplaces; vibration; cold workplaces; standard; noise |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Ergonomics
Heat and cold
Psychological factors
|
