Light vehicle fuelling errors in the UK: The nature of the problem, its consequences and prevention

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 499-511

  Adams, P ^a   David, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error; Fuelling; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; ERGONOMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

ERROR PATHWAYS; HIERARCHICAL TASK ANALYSIS; MISFUELLINGS;

LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; ERROR; FUEL AND FUEL RELATED PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34249659492     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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