A checklist for the ergonomic evaluation of nonpowered hand tools

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Dababneh, Awwad ^a   Lowe, Brian ^b   Krieg, Ed ^b   Kong, Yong Ku ^b   Waters, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 14744276684     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490883150     Document Type: Review

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