Ergonomics in the past and the future: From a german perspective to an international one

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 920-930

  Zink, Klaus J ^a  

^a RPTU in Kaiserslautern   (Germany)

Author keywords

Future (of ergonomics); Holistic concepts; Macroergonomics

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ERGONOMICS; FUTUROLOGY; GERMANY; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033925240     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300409116     Document Type: Article

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