Innovations at workplace: Improvement of ergonomics;Naujovių įvedimas darbo vietose: Pasiekimai ergonomikoje

Engineering Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 60, 2008, Pages 85-94

  Reinhold, Karin ^a   Tint, Piia ^a   Tuulik, Viiu ^a   Saarik, Silver ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b Work and Health Co   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Garment workers; Innovation; Musculoskeletal disorders; Risk assessment; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349815970     PISSN: 13922785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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