Are body dimensions affecting working body posture?

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Paluch, Ryszard ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthropometric trait; Correlation; Posture behaviour; Posture trait

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030054213     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8141(94)00094-8     Document Type: Article

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