Interventions for musculoskeletal disorders in computer-intense office work: A framework for evaluation

Work and Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-106

  Cole, D C ^a   Wells, R P ^a   Beaton, D ^a   Ferrier, S ^a   Hogg Johnson, S ^a   Kennedy, C ^a   Lee, H ^a   Manno, M ^a   Moore, A ^a   Polanyi, M ^a   Shannon, H ^a   Subrata, P ^a   Swift, M ^a   Van Eerd, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Intervention evaluation; Musculoskeletal disorders; Work organization; Work stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 18544367843     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370210137751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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