Physical layout of workspace: a driver for productivity in drug discovery

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 13, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 374-378

  Ullman, Fredrik ^a   Boutellier, Roman ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OFFICE WORKER; PRODUCTIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

COMMUNICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE;

EID: 43049154827     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2008.03.020     Document Type: Short Survey

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