Structural stability and reliability of the Swedish occupational fatigue inventory among Chinese VDT workers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-241

  Leung, Ada W S ^a   Chan, Chetwyn C H ^a   He, Jufang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Measurement; Perceived fatigue; Validity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LINGUISTICS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

FATIGUE INVENTORY; LATENT FACTORS; SEDENTARY WORKERS;

STABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDISH OCCUPATIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2442482896     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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