Workplace risk factors and occupational musculoskeletal disorders, Part 1: A review of biomechanical and psychophysical research on risk factors associated with low-back pain

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-50

  Keyserling, W Monroe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Ergonomics; Low back pain; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034069481     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1202/0002-8894(2000)061<0039:wrfaom>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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