A systematic review of workplace ergonomic interventions with economic analyses.
Introduction This article reports on a systematic review of workplace ergonomic interventions with economic evaluations. The review sought to answer the question: 'what is the credible evidence that incremental investment in ergonomic interventions is worth undertaking?' Past efforts to synthesize e...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 220 - 235 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Jun2010
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