The effects of static multiple sources of noise on the visual search component of human inspection

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-207

  Taylor, William ^a   Melloy, Brian ^a   Dharwada, Pallavi ^a   Gramopadhye, Anand ^a   Toler, Joe ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inspection; Noise; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACOUSTIC NOISE; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; RELIABILITY;

VISUAL SEARCH;

VISION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 3242731959     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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