Effects of label format on knowledge acquisition and perceived readability by younger and older adults

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-344

  Wogalter, Michael S ^a   Vigilante Jr , William J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Format; Knowledge acquisition; Label design; Older adults; Print size; White space

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; LABELING; OFFSET PRINTING; VISIBILITY;

LABEL FORMAT;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRINTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DRUG LABELING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRINTING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038707344     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013021000048006     Document Type: Article

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