Fuzzy linguistic model for the prediction of carpal tunnel syndrome risks in an occupational environment

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 759-769

  Bell, Pamela McCauley ^a   Crumpton, Lesia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (CTS);

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS;

EID: 0034264805     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.445.0759     Document Type: Article

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