Whole-body vibration and health effects in the agricultural machinery drivers

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Futatsuka, Makoto ^a   Maeda, Setsuo ^a   Inaoka, Tsukasa ^a   Nagano, Megumi ^a   Shono, Masahiro ^a   Miyakita, Takashi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural machines; Health effect; Low back pain; Paddy field; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MACHINE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEAT; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

MILETINAE;

EID: 0031958678     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.127     Document Type: Article

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