Improving cardiac surgical care: a work systems approach.

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Published in Appl Ergon on March 03, 2010

Authors

Douglas A Wiegmann1, Ashley A Eggman, Andrew W Elbardissi, Sarah Henrickson Parker, Thoralf M Sundt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1513 University Ave, 3214 Mechanical Engineering Bldg, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. dawiegmann@wisc.edu

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