Effect of the number of two-wheeled containers at a gathering point on the energetic workload and work efficiency in refuse collecting

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 571-577

  Kuijer, P Paul F M ^a,b   Van der Beek, Allard J ^c   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^b   Visser, Bart ^b   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energetic workload; Pushing pulling; Work efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; OXYGEN;

GATHERING POINT;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINER; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2242417390     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(02)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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