Initiating an ergonomic analysis: A process for jobs with highly variable tasks

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 423-429

  Conrad, Karen M ^a   Lavender, Steven A ^b   Reichelt, Paul A ^a   Meyer, Fred T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK; WORKPLACE;

BACK PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMAN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; JOB DESCRIPTION; LIFTING; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034280328     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990004800903     Document Type: Article

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