Assessment of physical work load in epidemiologic studies: Common measurement metrics for exposure assessment

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-61

  Wells, R ^a   Norman, R ^a   Neumann, P ^a   Andrews, D ^a   Frank, J ^b   Shannon, H ^b   Kerr, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Exposure assessment; Low back; Measurement; Occupational epidemiology; Questionnaire; Video; Work sampling

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE METERS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; WORKLOAD;

AUTOMOBILES; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031016970     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397188369     Document Type: Article

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