Where and how college students use their laptop computers

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1010-1014

  Chang, Che Hsu ^a   Amick III, Benjamin C ^b   Chaumont Menendez, Cammie ^c   Robertson, Michelle ^d   Del Pino, Rosa J ^e   Tigh Dennerlein, Jack ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; INPUT DEVICES; PILOT STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UPPER LIMBS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ERGONOMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

EID: 78049373160     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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