Evaluation of physical workload standards/guidelines from a Nordic perspective

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 429-432

  Fallentin, N ^a   Kilbom, A ^b   Viikari Juntura, E ^c   Waersted, M ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Institute for Working Life   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CODES (STANDARDS); HEALTH CARE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842735802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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