Application of the new ISO 2631-5 to health hazard assessment of repeated shocks in U.S. Army vehicles

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-412

  Alem, Nabih ^a  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health hazard assessment; Jolt; Risk assessment code; Vibration dose; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK WAVE; STANDARD; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION;

EID: 23344433381     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.403     Document Type: Article

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