Guidelines for whole-body vibration health surveillance

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 131-167

  Pope, M ^a   Magnusson, M ^a   Lundstrom R ^b   Hulshof, C ^c   Verbeek, J ^c   Bovenzi, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARDS; MUSCLE; SURGERY;

WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS (WBV);

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0037162207     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.2001.4253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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