Motions and crew responses on an offshore oil production and storage vessel

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 904-914

  Haward, Barbara M ^a   Lewis, Christopher H ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crew performance; Crew response; Motion sickness; Ship motion; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SHIPS;

CREW PERFORMANCE; CREW RESPONSE; MOTION SICKNESS; SHIP MOTION; TASK DIFFICULTY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

PETROLEUM; FUEL OIL;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB STRESS; MOTION SICKNESS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; OIL INDUSTRY; SHIP; ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEA; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FUEL OILS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION SICKNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCEANS AND SEAS; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349194392     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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