Time--a key issue for musculoskeletal health and manufacturing.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Applied Ergonomics

• Publication date

  2007-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1016/J.APERGO.2006.12.003PMID 17379179
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