End-tidal PCO2 as an index of psychophysiological activity during VDT data-entry work and relaxation

Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 245-254

  Ley, Ronald ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Internal Revenue Service   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

End tidal PCO2; Hyperventilation; Stress; VDT work

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIDAL VOLUME; WORK; BREATHING RATE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERVENTILATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIDAL VOLUME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORK;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DATA ACQUISITION; ERGONOMICS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; STRESSES; VENTILATION;

COMPUTER BASED DATA ENTRY WORK; END TIDAL PEAK CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE; HYPERVENTILATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY INDEX; RESPIRATION FREQUENCY; SELF RELAXATION BASELINE; VDT WORK;

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0028372384     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139408963642     Document Type: Article

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