Physical discomfort among visual display terminal users in a semiconductor manufacturing company: A study of prevalence and relation to psychosocial and physical/ergonomic factors

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 276-282

  Hsu, Wen Hsin ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Job stress; Psychosocial factors; Semiconductor manufacturing industry; Video display terminals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR; WORK; ARM; BACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; JOB SATISFACTION; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEMICONDUCTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037664521     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110308984818     Document Type: Article

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