Psychological mood state, psychosocial aspects of work, and musculoskeletal discomfort in intensive video display terminal (VDT) work

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-107

  Conway, Frank T ^a  

^a Department of Workforce Development ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; COMPUTER TERMINALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISCOMFORTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; STATE OF STRESS; USE OF VIDEO; VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033466979     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S153275901102_2     Document Type: Article

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