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. 2006 Apr;15(2):142-3.
doi: 10.1136/qshc.2006.018093.

Walter A Shewhart, 1924, and the Hawthorne factory

M Best  1 , D Neuhauser
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Walter A Shewhart, 1924, and the Hawthorne factory

M Best et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006 Apr.
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