Development and testing of the iiid safety symbols system

Information Design Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-114

  Olgyay, Nora ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Safety symbols; Symbol comprehension; Symbol standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249155690     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.10.2.05olg     Document Type: Article

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