Work ability index, an important tool in occupational health and medicine to define workers at risk for early exit from work force
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Macro-ergonomics and human ability indices at work: Assessment of job groups and workers by using of Relative Stress Index (RSI) and Work Ability Index (WAI)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2008-8698,2008-8701
DOI: 10.29252/jnkums.3.2.49