Measurement of Whole-Body Vibration in Taxi Drivers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Funakoshi, Mitsuhiko ^a,b   Taoda, Kazushi ^a   Tsujimura, Hiroji ^a   Nishiyama, Katsuo ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Kyushu Institute for Social Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Taxi driver; Total mileage; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; DRIVER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; TRANSPORTATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 1942520218     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.119     Document Type: Article

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