Addressing users' health issues in software development - An exploratory study

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 411-420

  Boivie, Inger ^a   Blomkvist, Stefan ^a   Persson, Jenny ^a   Åborg, Carl ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDS;

STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS; WORK PRACTICES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0345415225     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290310001624347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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