An assessment of workload in the Thai steel industry

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-271

  Yoopat, Pongjan ^a   Vanwonterghem, K ^b   Intaranont, K ^c  

^a RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Cergo International   (Belgium)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERGONOMICS; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THAILAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032146536     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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