Subjective mental workload in Type A women

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-336

  Sato, N ^a   Kamada, T ^b   Miyake, S ^b   Akatsu, J ^c   Kumashiro, M ^b   Kume, Y ^a  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Subjective mental workload; Type A behavior pattern; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; JOB ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL RATING;

SUBJECTIVE MENTAL WORKLOAD; TYPE A BEHAVIOR PATTERN; WOMEN;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033028958     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00060-2     Document Type: Article

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