Trunk posture and back pain: Identification and control of occupational risk factors

Applied Industrial Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 87-92

  Keyserling, William Monroe ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a   Fine, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0023854774     PISSN: 08828032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08828032.1988.10389276     Document Type: Article

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