A simple method to evaluate the reliability of OWAS observations

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-283

  De Bruijn, I ^a   Engels, J A ^a   Van Der Gulden, J W J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

OWAS method; Physical workload; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; NURSE; OBSERVATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032145859     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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