Corporate initiatives in ergonomics - An introduction

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-15

  Hägg, Göran M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Intervention; Participation; Process; Training

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH;

CORPORATE INITIATIVES;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0037211499     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(02)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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