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Developing norms for manual carrying tasks using mechanical efficiency as the optimization criterion

S. P. DUTTA Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ont, N9B 3P4, Canada
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S. TABOUN Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Sask, S4S 0A2, Canada
Pages 919-943 | Received 17 Oct 1988, Accepted 25 Jan 1989, Published online: 31 May 2007

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