Ergonomic Design for Senior High School Furniture in Taiwan

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 39-42

  Lin, Rungtai ^a   Kang, Yen Yu ^a  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Anthropometric database; Design issue; High school students; School desk and chair

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ANTHROPOMETRIC DATABASES; DESIGN ISSUE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; SCHOOL DESK AND CHAIR;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842635261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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