Evaluation and quantification of manual materials handling risk factors

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-287

  Sesek, Richard ^a   Gilkey, David ^b   Drinkaus, Phillip ^a   Bloswick, Donald S ^a   Herron, Robin ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic modeling; Low back injury; Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0642334592     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2003.11076568     Document Type: Article

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