The demise of military standards may affect ergonomics

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 339-348

  McDaniel, Joe W ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Human factors engineering (HFE); Military standards; Standards

Indexed keywords

MILITARY APPLICATIONS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDS;

MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS; MILITARY STANDARDS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030561362     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8141(95)00096-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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