A comparison of approaches to modeling the relationship between ergonomic exposures and upper extremity disorders

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 645-655

  Punnett, Laura ^a   van der Beek, Allard J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elbow; Ergonomics; Exposure response relationship; Hand; Musculoskeletal; Neck; Psychophysical; Shoulder; Structur al equations; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034015569     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200006)37:6<645::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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