Workplace transformation and the rise in cumulative trauma disorders: Is there a connection?

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-28

  Fairris, David ^a   Brenner, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 20144382107     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-001-1001-3     Document Type: Article

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