Children using cellular phones: The effects of shortcomings in user interface design

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 158-168

  Bay, Susanne ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PHONES; DISPLAY SIZE;

COLOR; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); TELEPHONE SETS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 17844362180     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/0018720053653857     Document Type: Article

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