Ergonomic Issues for Classroom Computing

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 296-299

  Hedge, Alan ^a   Barrero, Marisol ^a   Maxwell, Lorraine ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM COMPUTING; ERGONOMIC DESIGNS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; EDUCATION; INTERNET; INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; USER INTERFACES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842635091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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