Task-based assessment of occupational vibration and noise exposures in forestry workers

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 617-627

  Neitzel, Richard ^a   Yost, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Forestry; Hand arm vibration; Occupational noise; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION; ARM; DOSIMETER; HAND; HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FORESTRY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VIBRATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036769608     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984748     Document Type: Article

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