Normative, descriptive and formative approaches to describing normal work area

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-62

  Choi, Hyeg Joo ^a   Mark, Leonard S ^a   Dainoff, Marvin J ^a   Park, Chull ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal work area; Preferred critical boundary; Workplace standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007784733     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220500175322     Document Type: Article

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