Assembly work in indonesia and in sweden—ergonomics, health and satisfaction

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-212

  Waluyo, Lieke ^a,b   Ekberg, Kerstin ^c   Eklund, JÖrgen ^a  

^a University of Technology   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Job satisfaction; Musculoskeletal disease; Social environment; Stress; Work load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDONESIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029923103     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964451     Document Type: Article

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