Linguistic and location effects in compliance with pesticide warning labels for amateur and professional users

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-31

  Edworthy, Judy ^a   Hellier, Elizabeth ^a   Morley, Nicola ^b   Grey, Clare ^a   Aldrich, Kirsteen ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOB ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LINGUISTICS; PESTICIDES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

AMATEUR; HAZARD STATEMENTS; PROFESSIONAL USERS; WARNING LABELS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONSUMER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEISURE; LINGUISTICS; PACKAGING; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; SAFETY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PRODUCT LABELING;

EID: 2642562963     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.1.11.30383     Document Type: Article

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