Preface to the Special Section on the Impact of Thomas Waters on the Field of Ergonomics

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Waters T. Occhipinti E. Colombini D. Alvarez-Casado E. Fox R. (2016). Variable Lifting Index (VLI): A new method for evaluating variable lifting tasks. Human Factors, 58, 695–711.

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Wilson T. P. Davis K. G. (2016). Health care ergonomics: Contributions of Thomas Waters. Human Factors, 58, 726–747.