Ergonomic hand tool interventions for the furniture manufacturing industry

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 99-102

  Smith, Christy A ^a   Mirka, Gary A ^a   Myers, Kelly A ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; ERGONOMICS; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISKS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (CTS); CUMULATIVE TRAUMA;

HAND TOOLS;

EID: 1842810294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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