A corporate-wide ergonomics programme: Implementation and evaluation

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 208-228

  Drury, Colin G ^a,d   Broderick, Richard L ^b   Weidman, Charles H ^c   Reynolds Mozrall, Jacqueline L ^d  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b VF Corporation   (United States)

^c KDN Lanchester Corporation   (United States)

^d ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; Ergonomics programmes; Implementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032971432     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185900     Document Type: Article

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