Safety symbol comprehension: Effects of symbol type, familiarity, and age

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-195

  Hancock, Holly E ^a,c   Rogers, Wendy A ^a   Schroeder, Derek ^b   Fisk, Arthur D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RESEARCH; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; PHRASE GENERATION; SYMBOL COMPREHENSION; SYMBOL FAMILIARITY;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFETY; SYMBOLISM; TRAINING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 4644367179     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.2.183.37344     Document Type: Article

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