Physical development in children and adolescents and age-related risks

Ergonomics for Children: Designing products and places for toddler to teens

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 187-225

  Lueder, Rani ^a   Rice, Valerie ^b,c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b General Ergonomics   (United States)

^c Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

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