Variation in exposure to whole-body vibration for operators of forwarder vehicles - Aspects on measurement strategies and prevention

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 831-842

  Rehn, Börje ^a   Lundström, Ronnie ^a   Nilsson, Leif ^a   Liljelind, Ingrid ^a   Järvholm, Bengt ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal; Operator; Prevention; Risk assessment; Terrain; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLES;

FORWARDER VEHICLES; LUMBAGO; PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS (WBV);

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 23644447207     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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