Knowledge and opinions of designers of industrialized wall panels regarding incorporating ergonomics in design

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Kim, Sunwook ^a   Seol, Hyang ^a   Ikuma, Laura H ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction safety; Design for safety; Panel wall construction; Residential construction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; DESIGN FOR SAFETY; PANEL WALL CONSTRUCTION; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION;

HOUSING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 38849183370     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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