Cost effectiveness of ergonomic redesign of electronic motherboard

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-463

  Sen, Rabindra Nath ^a   Yeow, Paul H P ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Industrially developing countries; Occupational health and safety; Quality and productivity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLDERING;

ELECTRONIC MOTHERBOARD;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BOREDOM; COMPUTER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0043238027     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(03)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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