Ergonomic, biomechanical and physiological stresses from manual materials handling in grocery distribution centers

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 431-433

  Garg, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SYSTEMS; WORK MEASUREMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATERIALS HANDLING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; WAREHOUSES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842660875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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