Applied Ergonomics

Co-Editors-In-Chief: P. Carayon Dept. of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA, K.C. Parsons Dept. of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK, Fax: +4401509 610724, J.R. Wilson School of Mechanical Materials & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK, Fax: 0115 95 14009, Scientific Editors T. Bentley Dept. of Management and International Business, Auckland Campus, Massey University, North Shore Mail Centre, Private Bag, 102 904 Auckland, New Zealand, R. Bruder Inst. für Arbeitswissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstraße 30, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany, P. Carayon Dept. of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA, P. Dempsey Office of Mine Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), PO Box 18040, Pittsburgh, 15236, USA, J.-H. Lin Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748, USA, V. Paquet Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-2050, USA, R.H.Y. So Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, D. Tappin Healthy Work Group, School of Management, Massey University, Private Bag 102904, 0745 North Shore City, New Zealand, A.J. van der Beek EMGO Inst., Dept. of Public and Occupational Health, Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum (VUMC), Van der Boechorststraat 7, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands, Administrator Lynne Mills Dept. of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Fac. of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK, Fax: +4401159514009, International Editorial Board K. Babski-Reeves Human Systems Engineering Laboratory, Mississippi, MS, USA, B. Bradtmiller Anthrotech, Inc., Yellow Springs, OH, USA, P. Buckle University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, E.N. Corlett Nottingham, England, UK, J. Dennerlein Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, J. Eklund KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Huddinge, Sweden, A. Freivalds Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, G. Grote Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, D. Gyi Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK, P. Hoonakker University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, USA, W.J. Horrey Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA, H. Hsiao National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV, USA, M.J. Jorgensen Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA, W. Karwowski University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA, N.S. Kirk Nanpantan, Loughborough, UK, B. Kirwan Natl Air Traffic Services Ltd, Christchurch, UK, B.M. Kleiner Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, S. Lavender Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, D. Lowe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH, USA, R. V. Maikala Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, MA, USA, S.E. Mathiassen University of Gavle, Gavle, Sweden, M.A. Nussbaum Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, J. Ockerman Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA, K. Proper Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum (VUMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, D. Rempel University of California at Berkeley, Richmond, CA, USA, N. Sarter University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, T. Smith-Jackson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, L.I. Sznelwar Universidade de São Paulo, CEP, Brazil, E. Takala , H.F. van der Molen Universiteit van Amsterdam, Academisch Medisch Centrum (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, P. Vink TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Hoofddorp, Netherlands, S. Wogalter North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA