Is the physical work load equal for ageing and young blue-collar workers?

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 559-564

  Louhevaara, Veikko ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Construction work; Dynamic load; Inspection of vehicles; Musculoskeletal load; Perceived load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032775524     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(98)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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