Enhancing the availability and reliability of power plants through macroergonomics approach

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 873-878

  Azadeh, M Ali ^a   Keramati, A ^a   Mohammadfam, I ^b,c   Jamshidnedjad, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Ergonomic; Information flow; Macroergonomics; Safety; Total human factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ERGONOMICS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAINTENANCE; POWER PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAFETY;

EID: 33750973090     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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