Stress, the quality of work, and repetition strain injury in Australia

Work and Stress

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 129-138

  Hopkins, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Repetition strain injury; Stress; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER TERMINAL; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; STRESS; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0025027833     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379008256975     Document Type: Article

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