Portable equipment for field measurement of the hand's absorption of vibration energy

Safety Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-20

  Burström, Lage ^a   Lundström, Ronnie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HAND TOOLS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

VIBRATION ENERGY ABSORPTION;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032003804     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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