Ergonomic design for dental offices

Work

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-503

  Ahearn, David J ^a   Sanders, Martha J ^b   Turcotte, Claudia ^c  

^a Design Ergonomics   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental office workstation; Dental practice; Ergonomics; Just in time; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; DENTAL FACILITY; FURNITURE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

DENTAL OFFICES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77952529545     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0986     Document Type: Article

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