Is there enough information to calculate the financial benefits of ergonomics projects?

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 476-483

  Da Silva, M Pereira ^a   Pruffer, C ^b   Amaral, F G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ergonomics; financial benefits; information; project

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BRAZIL; CHECKLIST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PORTUGAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

BRAZIL; CHECKLIST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PORTUGAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84859862247     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0199-476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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