Ergonomic evaluation of three popular Chinese e-book displays for prolonged reading

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 761-770

  Wu, Hsin Chieh ^a   Lee, Cheng Lung ^a   Lin, Ching Torng ^b  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E book; Evaluation; Reading performance; Satisfaction; Visual fatigue

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; E-LEARNING; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LUMINANCE; STUDENTS;

E-BOOKS; EVALUATION; READING PERFORMANCE; SATISFACTION; VISUAL FATIGUE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 34548263089     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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