Reducing risk of musculoskeletal disorders through the use of Rebar-tying machines

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 649-654

  Vi, Peter ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACHINE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041691290     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301374     Document Type: Article

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