Difference thresholds for automobile seat vibration

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-261

  Mansfield, Neil J ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comfort; Perception; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; PERCEPTION; SEAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033999913     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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