Age, luminance, and print legibility in homes, offices, and public places

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-193

  Charness, Neil ^a   Dijkstra, Katinka ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; HOME; ILLUMINATION; LUMINANCE; PRINTING; READING; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING;

EID: 0032779750     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779591204     Document Type: Article

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