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Document ID (ISN)58670
CIS number 92-1735
ISBN(s) 0-85066-410-1
Year 1988
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Megaw E.D.
Title Contemporary ergonomics 1988
Bibliographic information Taylor and Francis Ltd., Rankine Road, Basingstoke RG24 OPR, Hants., United Kingdom, 1988. xiv, 556p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Indexes. Price (in Europe): GBP 32.00.
Abstract Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's 1988 Annual Conference held in Manchester, UK, on 11-15 April 1988. Papers given at the Conference are presented under the following headings: human-computer interface evaluation, application of speech recognition devices, task analysis, complex system design and evaluation, structured systems development, design for safety, display design, workstation design and evaluation, physiology and anthropometry at work, job design and work organisation, training and ergonomics, impact of new technology, posture and movement analysis, computer-aided design, human performance, vehicle ergonomics, animal ergonomics.
Descriptors (primary) computer aided design; work organization; computer terminals; ergonomics; safety by design; optimization; work design; computer analysis; man-computer interfaces
Descriptors (secondary) automation; human factors; visual display terminals; musculoskeletal diseases; anthropometry; drivers; air traffic control; stress factors; psychological effects; women; conference; safety and health training; hospitals
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Ergonomics and work organization
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Ergonomics