Finding ergonomic solutions - Participatory approaches

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 200-207

  Hignett, Sue ^a   Wilson, John R ^b   Morris, Wendy ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interventions; Manual handling; Musculoskeletal disorders; Participatory ergonomics; WRULD

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ERGONOMICS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 18944375965     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi084     Document Type: Review

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