RCTs of ergonomic interventions

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-218

  Westgaard, Rolf H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950580325     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.048926     Document Type: Note

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