How long should it take to evaluate seats subjectively?

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 483-487

  Fernandez, Jeffrey E ^a   Poonawala, Mansoor F ^a  

^a Wichita State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort ratings; Ergonomic seating; Seat evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STATISTICS;

COMFORT RATINGS; SEAT EVALUATION;

JOB ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEAT;

EID: 0032396520     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(97)90014-7     Document Type: Article

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