Evaluation of the impact of employee ergonomics training industry

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-256

  King, Phyllis M ^a   Fisher, James C ^a   Garg, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Evaluation; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0030850933     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(96)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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