Ergonomics in the operating room

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 385-386

  Berguer, Ramon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; ERGONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029962889     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)89614-6     Document Type: Article

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