Evaluation of a workplace redesign of a grocery checkout system

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-266

  Johansson, Anja ^a   Johansson, Gerd ^a   Lundqvist, Peter ^b   Åkesson, Ingrid ^c   Odenrick, Per ^a,d   Akselsson, Roland ^a,d  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Checkout system; Evaluation; Movements; Scales; Working postures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SITTING; STANDING; VIDEOTAPE; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032145858     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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