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International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
Durante l'ultima riunione del Direttivo dell'IEA (San Diego, luglio 2000) è stata approvata la seguente definizione dell'ergonomia:
"Ergonomics (or Human Factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of the interactions among human and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance"