The effects of weight levels and gloves on the ability to discriminate weight difference

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 729-739

  Shih, Yuh Chuan ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ahp approach; Difference threshold; Discriminating weight difference; Glove

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATING WEIGHT DIFFERENCE; GLOVES;

SAFETY DEVICES;

NYLON; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SURGICAL GLOVE; WEIGHT;

EID: 0030152219     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964494     Document Type: Article

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