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open-plan offices in question
<h3 style="color: red">High blood pressure? Blame the office layout</h3>
<p class="author">By Nic MacBean</p>
<p class="published">Posted <span class="timestamp">Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:48pm AEDT</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px" class="first">"Working in open-plan offices is bad for the health and productivity of workers, a Queensland study has found....</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px">Dr Oommen reviewed all the available literature on the effects of open-plan offices on employees and he said the evidence was "absolutely shocking".</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px">"It has been found that the high level of noise causes employees to lose concentration, leading to low productivity," he said in a statement."</p>
<p class="first">Find this article: ABC, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/13/2465181.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/13/2465181.htm</a> </p>
<p class="author">By Nic MacBean</p>
<p class="published">Posted <span class="timestamp">Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:48pm AEDT</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px" class="first">"Working in open-plan offices is bad for the health and productivity of workers, a Queensland study has found....</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px">Dr Oommen reviewed all the available literature on the effects of open-plan offices on employees and he said the evidence was "absolutely shocking".</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px">"It has been found that the high level of noise causes employees to lose concentration, leading to low productivity," he said in a statement."</p>
<p class="first">Find this article: ABC, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/13/2465181.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/13/2465181.htm</a> </p>
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