The effect of age on subjective assessment of hygienic work environment in the metal industry

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 483-489

  Räsänen, Tuula ^a   Laitinen, Heikki ^a   Rasa, Pirkko Liisa ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Effect of age; Industrial hygiene; Satisfaction with work environment

Indexed keywords

JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL; RANDOM PROCESSES; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

HYGIENIC WORK ENVIRONMENT; METAL INDUSTRY;

ERGONOMICS;

AGE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; JOB SATISFACTION; METAL INDUSTRY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034194418     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(99)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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