Connotation of hazard for signal words and their associated panels

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-110

  Young, Stephen L ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Safety signs; Signal words; Warnings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032056033     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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