Journal of Engineering
Volume 2018, Article ID 3543610, 9 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3543610
Research Article
Design of Ergonomically Fit Classroom Furniture for Primary Schools of Bangladesh
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna 9203, Bangladesh
Correspondence should be addressed to M. S. Parvez; moc.liamg@epi.zevraps
Received 3 July 2017; Revised 31 October 2017; Accepted 27 December 2017; Published 29 January 2018
Academic Editor: Paul C. Xirouchakis
Copyright © 2018 M. S. Parvez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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