Factors that may influence the postural health of schoolchildren (K-12)

Work

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-55

  Yeats, Betsey ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom furniture; School furniture; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; FURNITURE; HUMAN; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEAT; SITTING;

EID: 0030852978     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/wor-1997-9106     Document Type: Article

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