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The Ergonomics Society The Society's Lecture 1986 SITTING POSTURE: AN OLD PROBLEM AND A NEW ONE

A. GRIECO President of the Research Unit, Director of the Institute of Occupational Health ‘Ergonomics of Posture and Movement (EPM)’, Milan, Italy; ‘Clinica del Lavoro’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Pages 345-362 | Published online: 07 Jun 2007

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