Accidents in a population of handlers working in the transport industry;Analyse des accidents associés au travail de manutentionnaires sur les quais dans le secteur transport

Travail Humain

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-205

  Lortie, M ^a   Lamonde, F ^b   Collinge, C ^b   Tellier, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accident; Balance; Control; Handling; Incident; Transportation industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030546843     PISSN: 00411868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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