A single-subject design of ergonomic intervention effectiveness for university employees in a new facility.
As clinicians are searching for evidence to support their practice interventions, it is sometimes hard to find the 'real-world' studies that incorporate the complexities of actual practice. Following calls in the public health, nursing and medical literature for clinicians to participate in practice...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 83 - 94 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2008
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