Safety pictograms: Are they getting the message across?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-23

  Davies, Sarah ^a   Haines, Helen ^a   Norris, Beverley ^a   Wilson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer safety; Pictogram; Toy safety; Warnings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; ERGONOMICS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFORMATION SERVICE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032008297     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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