Ergonomics - Costs and Benefits Revisited

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 491-496

  Beevis, David ^a,b  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business case; Cost benefit; Cost effectiveness; Ergonomics

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS;

ERGONOMICS APPLICATIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0042736777     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(03)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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