Ergonomics in agriculture: Workplace priority setting in the nursery industry

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Meyers, James M ^a   Miles, John A ^b   Faucett, Julia ^c   Janowitz, Ira ^a   Tejeda, Diana G ^d   Kabashima, John N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; ergonomics; nursery industry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031043141     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791012955     Document Type: Article

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