Joint investigation of working conditions, environmental and system performance at recycling centres - Development of instruments and their usage

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-346

  Engkvist, I L ^a   Eklund, J ^a,b   Krook, J ^a   Bjorkman M ^a   Sundin, E ^a   Svensson, R ^a   Eklund, M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environment; Interview protocol; Methods; Questionnaire; Waste handling; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENT; INTERVIEW PROTOCOLS; METHODS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WASTE HANDLING; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77649184042     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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