Work-relatedness and threshold limit values for back disorders due to exposure to whole body vibration

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 620-

  Village, Judy ^a   Lett, Murray ^b  

^a Judy Village and Associates   (Canada)

^b Murray Lott Law Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; JOB ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; STANDARDS; VEHICLES;

THRESHOLD TIME VALUES (THV); WHOLE BODY VIBRATION (WBV);

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 1842736978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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