A comparative analysis of health surveillance strategies for administrative video display terminal employees.
Background: The objective of this study was to develop a strategy to optimize medical health surveillance protocols for administrative employees using video display terminals (VDTs). A total of 2453 medical examinations were analysed for VDT users in various sectors. From these data, using Bayesian...
| Publicado en: | BioMedical Engineering OnLine Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13 |
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BioMed Central
12/11/2019
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