Ergonomic stressors and upper extremity disorders in vehicle manufacturing: Cross sectional exposure-response trends

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 414-420

  Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; Musculoskeletal; Neck; Psychophysical; Shoulder; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0031808241     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.6.414     Document Type: Article

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