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Patient safety, systems design and ergonomics

✍ Scribed by P. Buckle; P.J. Clarkson; R. Coleman; J. Ward; J. Anderson

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 361 KB
Volume: 37
Category: Article
ISSN: 0003-6870
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.04.016

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