Health and safety implications of virtual reality: A review of empirical evidence

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-271

  Nichols, Sarah ^a   Patel, Harshada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; RESEARCH; SAFETY FACTOR; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH;

ERGONOMICS;

ADDICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CYBERNETICS; EMPIRICISM; EVALUATION; FRUSTRATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; REVIEW; SAFETY; STRESS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036017218     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(02)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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