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Identification of factors that affect the adoption of an ergonomic intervention among Emergency Medical Service workers

Monica R. Weiler Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; User Experience Research, Lextant Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Steven A. Lavender Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Orthopaedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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J. Mac Crawford College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Paul A. Reichelt School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Karen M. Conrad School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Michael W. Browne Departments of Psychology and Statistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pages 1362-1372 | Received 24 Feb 2012, Accepted 13 Jul 2012, Published online: 28 Aug 2012

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