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SPECIAL SECTION: ERGONOMICS

Ergonomics in Agriculture: Workplace Priority Setting in the Nursery Industry

James M. Meyers Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1301 S. 46th St., Bldg. 112, Richmond, CA, 94804-4603
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John A. Miles Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616
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Julia Faucett Occupational Health Nursing Program, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0608
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Ira Janowitz Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1301 S. 46th St., Bldg. 112, Richmond, CA, 94804-4603
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Diana G. Tejeda University of California South Coast Research & Extension Center, 7601 Irvine Blvd., Irvine, CA, 92781
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John N. Kabashima University of California South Coast Research & Extension Center, 7601 Irvine Blvd., Irvine, CA, 92781
Pages 121-126 | Published online: 18 Jun 2010

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