Industrial workstation design: A systematic ergonomics approach

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-163

  Das, Biman ^a   Sengupta, Arijit K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering anthropometry; Ergonomics guidelines; Workstation design parameters; Workstation dimensions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARDS;

ENGINEERING ANTHROPOMETRY; ERGONOMICS GUIDELINES; INDUSTRIAL WORKSTATION DESIGN;

ERGONOMICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; HEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; WORK;

EID: 0030175424     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(96)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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