Assessment of mechanical exposure in ergonomic epidemiology

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 291-299

  Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a,b   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ergonomic epidemiology; Mechanical exposure; Musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031970855     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.5.291     Document Type: Review

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