Designed to assist professionals in all areas related to warnings and hazard communication, this new collection contains 59 full papers, 52 abstracts, and a comprehensive bibliography of all warnings-related papers published in HFES Annual Meeting proceedings since 1973. Topics include warnings on printed labels, insert sheets, product manuals, signs, and speech commands. Warnings effectiveness is assessed by speed, comprehension, memory, judgment, and behavioral compliance measures. Warning applications include labeling on or accompanying consumer products, signs in industrial workplaces and public spaces, and the potential of voiced warnings. Includes author and subject indexes.
ISBN 0-945289-17-0, 312 pp., 8.5 x 11", paperbound; $40 HFES members, $60 nonmembers. View the table of contents and cover at http://hfes.org. Sample copies are available at no charge for those who wish to publish reviews of the book; contact Lois Smith (see above).
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society is a multidisciplinary professional association of almost 5000 persons in the United States and throughout the world. Its members include psychologists, engineers, designers, and scientists, all of whom have a common interest in designing systems and equipment to be safe and effective for the people who operate and maintain them.