Work situation and physical workload of refuse collectors in three different time periods

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 509-519

  Kuijer, Paul ^a,b   Frings Dresen, Monique ^a   De Looze, Michiel ^b,c   Visser, Bart ^b   Van Der Beek, Allard ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Manual materials handling; Physical workload; Refuse collectors; Work situation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REFUSE COLLECTION;

PHYSICAL WORKLOADS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034333240     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(00)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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