The development and evaluation of an ergonomic glove

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 555-563

  Muralidhar, A ^a   Bishu, R R ^a   Hallbeck, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; GLOVE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ALGOMETERS; ERGONOMIC GLOVES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0033237268     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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