Inspectors' performance and understanding in sheet steel inspection

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-65

  Dalton, Jean ^a   Drury, Colin G ^b  

^a DOFASCO INC   (Canada)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Defects; Inspection; Interviews; Performance; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845534309     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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