'Light' and 'heavy' work in the housekeeping service of a hospital

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 451-459

  Messing, Karen ^a   Chatigny, Céline ^a   Courville, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Ergonomics; Housekeeping; Light work; Repetitive strain injury; Women's work; Work analysis; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032483950     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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