Office ergonomics education: A comparison of traditional and participatory methods

Work

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-191

  Bohr, Paula C ^a  

^a MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OFFICE WORKER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036440336     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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