Corrigendum to The European Assembly Worksheet (EAWS) (Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, (2012), 10.1080/1463922X.2012.678283);The European Assembly Worksheet

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 616-639

  Schaub, K ^a   Caragnano, G ^b   Britzke, B ^c   Bruder, R ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b International MTM Directorate Solving Efeso   (Italy)

^c MTM Akademie   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU legal requirements; physical workload; risk assessments; screening methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885159632     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2012.691036     Document Type: Erratum

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