Women, men, VDU work and health: A questionnaire survey of British VDU operators

Work and Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 271-283

  Evans, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Hours of work; VDUs; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928454313     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678378708258510     Document Type: Article

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