Human factors issues in firearms design and training

Ergonomics in Design

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-11

  Hancock, P A ^a   Hendrick,, Hal W ^b,c   Hornick, Richard ^e   Paradis, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hendrick and Associates

^d Colorado State Public Defenders Office ^*  (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Inadvertent shooting; Instructor certification; Negative transfer; Operational standardization; User performance; Weapons design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GUNS (ARMAMENT); OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMAN FACTORS PERSPECTIVE; INADVERTENT SHOOTING; INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION; NEGATIVE TRANSFER; OPERATIONAL STANDARDIZATION; USER PERFORMANCE; WEAPONS DESIGN;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646198409     PISSN: 10648046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106480460601400103     Document Type: Article

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