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From: smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Human Factors or also called Ergonomics
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Date: 13 Jun 91 15:05:02 GMT
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In article <1991Jun13.114050.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>, 
	lhccjeh@lure.latrobe.edu.au writes...
>[...]In England they call it Ergonomics and in
>the States they call it Human Factors. If you glance at the associated journals
>you will see that the Ergonomics journals tend to be more on the "hard" or 
>applied side or should I say the physical environment (which includes the 
>hardware involved) whereas the Human Factors journal seems to be more on the
>psychological side (although this emphasis has changed over the years).

Journals, what journals?  Any references to journals of either of the two 
types is greatly appreciated!

Willie Smith
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