Ergonomics evaluation of equipment adjustability for Mexican-American population

Occupational Ergonomics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-80

  Quintana, Rolando ^a   Alonso, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Equipment adjustability; Mexican American population; Work design; Work evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649173396     PISSN: 13599364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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