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Document ID (ISN)75797
CIS number 00-1648
Year 1999
Convention or series no. ISO 9241-6: 1999
Title Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) - Part 6: Guidance on the work environment
Original title Exigences ergonomiques pour le travail de bureau avec terminaux à écran de visualisation (TEV) - Partie 6: Guide général relatif à l'environnement de travail [in French]
Bibliographic information International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Case postale 56, 1211 Genève 20, Switzerland, 1st ed., 1999. iv, 32p. Illus. 29 ref.
Abstract Part 6 of this international standard specifies ergonomic requirements for work environment and workstations for work systems where VDTs are used for office work. Main factors to consider are: natural and artificial lighting; noise; mechanical vibration; electromagnetic fields and static electricity; thermal comfort, space organisation; workplace layout.
Descriptors (primary) ISO; office work; ergonomics; visual display terminals
Descriptors (secondary) lighting; workplace design; noise level; vibration; glare; electric fields; thermal comfort; standard; static electricity
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceISO
Subject(s) Ergonomics and work organization
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Browse category(ies) Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Ergonomics