Identification of high-risk groups among maintenance workers in a steel company with respect to musculoskeletal symptoms and workload

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 232-242

  Hildebrandt, Vincent H ^a   Bongers, Paulien M ^a   Dul, Jan ^a   Van Dijk, Frank J H ^b   Kemper, Han C G ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maintenance workers; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Physical workload; Questionnaire; Steel industry

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; VIBRATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029969217     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964454     Document Type: Article

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