NIOSH equation horizontal distances associated with the Liberty Mutual (Snook) lifting table box widths

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 650-655

  Potvin, J R ^a   Bent, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

NIOSH EQUATIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFTING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0031172877     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187946     Document Type: Article

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