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Reducing the potential for injury in the home. How can Ergonomics help?

Within the UK we are experiencing a massive housing development programme with a commitment from government to increase the number of completed dwellings by 25% annually. Improving the design quality of new housing is a national priority and the research reported here aimed to verify how dwelling de...

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Main Authors:	Hilary McDermott, Roger Haslam, Alistair Gibb
Format:	Default Conference proceeding
Published:	2007
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified untagged Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/8355
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