Three evaluations of task-surface heights in elderly people's homes

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-119

  Kirvesoja, Heli ^a,b   Väyrynen, Seppo ^a,b   Häikiö, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Finnish Lab of Applied Ergonomics   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anthropometry; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0343384225     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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