Psychosocial factors, workload, and human error in a simulated pharmacy dispensing task

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-71

  Grasha, Anthony F ^a   Schell, Kraig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; VISION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035260951     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.1.53     Document Type: Article

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