An ergonomics training intervention with construction workers: Effects on behavior and perceptions

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 691-694

  Hecker, Steven ^a   Gibbons, Wilhette ^a   Rosecrance, John ^b   Barsotti, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Huffman Construction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMIC RISKS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSD);

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMECHANICS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISKS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 1842787378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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