Back disorder and ergonomic survey among north american railroad engineers

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1899, 2004, Pages 145-155

  Johanning, Eckardt ^a   Landsbergis, Paul ^b   Fischer, Siegfried ^c   Luhrman, Raymond ^a  

^a Occupational and Environmental Life Science   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institute for Occupational Safety and Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOCOMOTIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RAILROADS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATORS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSD); RAILROAD (RR) ENGINEERS; TRIAXIAL VIBRATIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 15744367524     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1899-19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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